A Placebo-Controlled, Pseudo-Randomized, Crossover Trial of Botanical Agents for Gulf War Illness: Curcumin (Curcuma longa), Boswellia (Boswellia serrata), and French Maritime Pine Bark (Pinus pinaster)

With Salix alba, Prunus cerasus, Boswellia serrata, Curcuma longa, Apium graveolens and Zingiber officinale

Education Centre Founded by Henry Osiecki Pain, as a symptom, is often accompanied by two defining underlying clinical features: inflammation and acidity. When devising strategies for pain management it is essential to target pain, inflammation and acidity as a triad to accomplish an analgesic effect. This is important when managing both acute pain episodes, as well as long-standing chronic pai...

Brief Communication: French Maritime Pine Bark Extract (Pinus Pinaster) and Its Ophthalmic Use

Bark extract of Pinus pinaster has a long history of medicinal use and is available commercially as herbal dietary supplement with proprietary name pycnogenol. It is used as a food supplement to overcome many degenerative conditions and has been ascribed a very diverse clinical pharmacology [1]. Although there are many potential uses for Pycnogenol, the well-studied use is for improving vascula...

Efficacy and tolerability of Boswellia serrata extract in treatment of osteoarthritis of knee--a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial.

Osteoarthritis is a common, chronic, progressive, skeletal, degenerative disorder, which commonly affects the knee joint. Boswellia serrata tree is commonly found in India. The therapeutic value of its gum (guggulu) has been known. It posses good anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic and analgesic activity. A randomized double blind placebo controlled crossover study was conducted to assess the eff...

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Carnosine Treatment for Gulf War Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial

About 25% of 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War veterans experience disabling fatigue, widespread pain, and cognitive dysfunction termed Gulf War illness (GWI) or Chronic Multisymptom Illness (CMI). A leading theory proposes that wartime exposures initiated prolonged production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and central nervous system injury. The endogenous antioxidant L-carnosine (B-alanyl-L-histidi...