Emphysema Due to Smoke from a Herbal Asthma Remedy

Emphysema due to smoke from a herbal asthma remedy

A 79-year-old man was referred to us for possible lung volume reduction surgery. He was a lifelong non-smoker but had had mild asthma since the age of 10. He had never required hospitalization nor used inhaled bronchodilators until a few years previously when he had been diagnosed with COPD. His MRC dyspnoea score was 4. Spirometry revealed an FEV1 of 0.88L (25% predicted), an FVC of 4.48 L (94...

Herbal Remedy for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is basically an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of joints and other areas of the body. It is known to affect people of all ages but the main cause of rheumatoid arthritis is still not known precisely among individuals. In RA the joints are damaged to a huge extent that ultimately leads to its destruction and deformity. Although RA has no proper cure it c...

Herbal Remedy is Natural and Safe.

Herbal remedy to relieve of dysmenorrhea by students of Iranshahr Universities in 2010

Background & Aim: Treatment with herbal medicines is very popular in all over the World. Nowadays, using medicinal plants has increased because of undesirable effects of the chemical drugs. More than 10000 plant species are used for medicinal purposes, mainly as traditional medicines in the treatment of dysmenorrhea.  The aim of this study was determining the rate of herbal remedies to relieve ...

Antidiarrheal Efficacy and Cellular Mechanisms of a Thai Herbal Remedy

Screening of herbal remedies for Cl(-) channel inhibition identified Krisanaklan, a herbal extract used in Thailand for treatment of diarrhea, as an effective antidiarrheal in mouse models of secretory diarrheas with inhibition activity against three Cl(-) channel targets. Krisanaklan fully inhibited cholera toxin-induced intestinal fluid secretion in a closed-loop mouse model with ∼50% inhibit...