Treatment of Meniere disease. Therapy by oriental medicine.

Meniere Disease

Endolymphatic hydrops (can only be diagnosed by postmortem histopathological examination of temporal bone) Immunological Mechanism Genetic Predisposition (AD inheritence) Viral Predisposition not proved Vascular Etiology (Migraine Association) (VIG viral vascular, immunological, genetic) RUPTURE THEORY Periodic ruptures of the membranous labyrinth, which result in leakage of the potassium-rich ...

Diet therapy for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in view of traditional Persian medicine: A review

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the leading cause of dementia worldwide. Epidemiological studies support the important role of diet in prevention and improvement of AD. In Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM), there is multiple dietary guidelines to prevent and alleviate dementia and memory impairment. Pharmacological studies have been shown that most of the TPM-recomm...

Review of Tumor Dormancy Therapy Using Traditional Oriental Herbal Medicine

OBJECTIVE Standard cancer therapy prolongs survival, but can be detrimental to the quality of life, compromise the immune system, and leave residual disease that can cause recurrence years or decades in the future. Tumor dormancy therapy is a novel therapeutic approach that may improve these shortcomings, promote quality of life, and prolong survival. The aim of this study was to analyze studie...

Is Meniere Disease Caused by a Pathological Immune Response?

The etiology of Meniere disease (MD) is unknown. Among the several factors which can provoke the disease is a pathological immune response. Objective: To investigate whether MD is due to a pathological immune reaction. Materials and methods: Immunological assay (IA) was evaluated in a consecutive study on 159 patients with MD (mean age 47.8. years) and the results compared with those from 26 pa...

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