With respect to the high incidence of hot flash in postmenopausal women and the controversies regarding its treatment, this double-blind clinical trial was conducted to determine the effects of Pimpinella anisum on hot flashes in these women referring to rural and urban health centers of Qazvin Province in 2009. Seventy-two women with hot flashes were randomly selected according to the predeter...

BACKGROUND Herbal self-therapy is a common practice among Palestinians. However, no published data are available on herbal self-therapy in the Middle East in general, and in Palestine in particular. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to (1) determine the extent of herbal self-therapy among university students, (2) investigate the different types of herbal remedies used and (3) investigate the...

BACKGROUND Leucorrhea or vaginal discharge is a conventional complaint. It is generally whitish, yellowish, or greenish vaginal discharge in females that might be normal or a symptom of infection. It is almost mucus discharge, which exhibit exfoliation of vaginal epithelial cells due to estrogen influence on the vaginal mucosa. It is important to identify the differences between physiologic and...

objective(s):  protective effects of different extracts and essential oil from pimpinella anisum           l. seeds were examined against carbon tetrachloride (ccl4)-induced toxicity. the parameters such as serum transaminases, lactate dehydrogenase activity, hepatic glutathione content, liver lipid peroxidation and histopathological changes of liver were assessed as toxicity markers. in the in...

Amaç: Bitkiler, kimyasal bileşiklerin doğal üreticileri olup birçoğu sağlığımızı korumak ve hastalıklarla savaşmak için kullanılıp, gıda veya bitkisel ilaçlar olarak pazarlanmaktadır. Çalışmamızda, Kırıkkale ilinde yetiştirilen 3 tıbbi bitki türünden Nigellla sativa (çörek otu), Cuminum cuminum (kimyon) Pimpinella anisum (anason)’un maserasyon soxlet yöntemleri kullanılarak polariteleri farklı ...