Free Full Text Journal Articles On Ginseng And Prostate Cancer

Many people today are interested in the use of herbs such as ginseng in the treatment of prostate cancer.

Here is a brief description of ginseng and then we'll describe how to find free abstracts and full text articles on the use of ginseng in prostate cancer therapy.

Ginseng is a herbal remedy that has been used in Asia as a medicinal remedy for a long time. It's commonly used as a herbal preparation in traditional Chinese medicine.

There are many types of ginseng freely available on the market today. However, th

ere are really only 2 types of real ginseng:

1. Asian Ginseng              ( Panax Ginseng): and

2. North American Ginseng ( Panax Quinquefolius).

Both types of ginseng differ in their chemical composition. This different chemical composition appears to give each type of ginseng different biological properties.

How To Find Abstracts And Free Full Text Articles On Ginseng And Prostate Cancer

To research the scientific literature and find medical articles written about the use of ginseng in prostate cancer you first need to go the online medical database of the National Library Of Medicine.

This site is called Pub Med and can be found at www.pubmed.com

Once you get to this page type in --  Ginseng AND prostate cancer. Then click search.

As of August, 2006 a total of 6 medical articles have been written which turned up in our search. You can read the abstracts for free online. In addition, one of the articles is available as a free full text article on the subject of ginseng and prostate cancer.  

You can tell if a  free fulltext article is available by looking to see if there are green lines in the file box to the left of the article title.

If there are only black lines then that means that the abstract is available. This still can provide some valuable information on our subject of ginseng and prostate cancer. You can read the abstract and, if you decide that you want to read the full text of the article for free, then make a note of the journal title and the volume.

You can then go the closest medical library, find the actual medical journal, and read the full text of the article for free.