The high potential variability of chemical composition of the plant material involved in the manufacture of homoeopathic mother tinctures (a common source of homoeopathic medicines), renders both their quality control and assurance a significant challenge (Pande and Pathak, 2006). The absence of significant regulations regarding the quality of Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) in So...

OBJECTIVE We performed a systematic review for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [CAM] as defined by the National Institute of Health in Inflammatory Bowel Disease [IBD], ie Crohn's disease [CD] and ulcerative colitis [UC], with the exception of dietary and nutritional supplements, and manipulative therapies. METHODS A computerized search of databases [Cochrane Library, Pubmed/Medline, P...

BACKGROUND Traditional antibiotics are increasingly suffering from the emergence of multidrug resistance amongst pathogenic bacteria leading to a range of novel approaches to control microbial infections being investigated as potential alternative treatments. One plausible antimicrobial alternative could be the combination of conventional antimicrobial agents/antibiotics with small molecules wh...

Abstract Artemisia absinthium L. is a highly medicinal plant with broad range of biomedical applications. A. callus cultures were established in response to bio-fabricated single NPs (Ag and Cu) or combination both different ratios (1:2, 2:1, 1:3, 3:1) along thidiazuron (TDZ) (4 mg/L) elicit the biomass accumulation, production non-enzymatic compounds, antioxidative enzymes, antioxidant activit...

La diabetes mellitus tipo 2 es una afección crónica con elevada prevalencia en las comunidades rurales e indígenas de Guatemala, cuales se ha reportado el uso plantas medicinales para su tratamiento. Con propósito conocer qué son utilizadas la población esta afección, realizó un estudio etnofarmacológico 36 sujetos tz’utujil Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, por medio análisis antropológico y farmacoló...

CONTEXT Insects can be the cause of major ecological problems; they can transmit microbes and parasites that affect humans, and damage food crops, trees, and homes. The total economic cost of insect-related damage and disease is immeasurable. In traditional Iranian medicine (TIM), several medicinal plants have been identified as insecticides or insect repellents, but many of them are still unkn...

The use of herbal therapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing worldwide. The aim of this study was to review the literature on the efficacy of herbal therapy in IBD patients. Studies on herbal therapy for IBD published in Medline and Embase were reviewed, and response to treatment and remission rates were recorded. Although the number of the relevant clinical studies is relatively...

BACKGROUND The aim was to study the peculiarities of differential diagnosis, prevention and treatment of different forms of rhinitis in Kazakhstan children and adolescents. METHODS 124 children and adolescents aged 1-17 years were randomly enrolled in our hospital based study in 2010 and 2011. Skin prick tests and total serum IgE level were assessed in all allergic patients. Subcutaneous spec...

N atural treatments for acne vulgaris, a common condition in industrialized societies, have much to offer although clinical studies are lacking. Several studies have shown that low stomach acid is a common finding in patients who have acne. This suggests that the traditional use of bitter herbs, which act by stimulating digestive function, including acid secretion, may be useful and important f...