I have been diagnosed with hepatitis C and was wondering if I can benefit from medicinal herbs.

Hepatitis C is a chronic viral infection which affects millions of people around the globe. Once the virus is acquired, it usually lead to gradual problems with liver, liver failure and liver cancer. In the orient, a variety of medicinal herbs are used to treat this infection. Unfortunately, the few randomized studies indicate the majority of the herbs do not work for this infection. However, the only herbs that have been shown to have some benefit are Bing Gan Tang, Yi Zhu and Yi Er Gan Tang. But these herbs are associated with very unpleasant side effects. At the moment, if you live in North America, the treatment of hepatitis C with herbs- is not recommended. In the orient, where interferon is not readily available, herbs may be the only choice of treatment