The research proved that traditional Chinese medicine Huangdai Tablets can help treat leukemia effectively, according to Ruijin Hospital, an affiliate of Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical School.

Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white (leukocytes).

Huangdai Tablets, a kind of traditional compatibility medicine, have long been administered in the treatment of the disease.

Chen Zhu and his colleagues made a thorough investigation into Huangdai Tablets containing active components from realgar, indigo and red sage root in a combination termed RIF.

They analyzed the role of each ingredient and found the effects of RIF were synergistic, with none of the ingredients working as effectively when individually administered.