Many factors underlie the growing popularity of herbal treatments for a variety of chronic conditions. Interestingly, people who use alternative therapies are not necessarily uninformed. If anything, they are more "culturally creative" (i.e., comfortable with cultural changes) and more highly educated. Many people using herbal medicines find the health care alternatives are more congr...

Herbal medicine use is thought to be linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) either through its ability to reactivate the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or through a direct promoting effect on EBV-transformed cells. To investigate this, 104 histologically confirmed NPC cases and 205 matched controls were studied in The Philippines. Blood was collected to assess antibody titers against EBV, and an in...

BACKGROUND Fatty liver disease is potentially a reversible condition that may lead to end-stage liver disease. Since herbal medicines such as Crataegus pinnatifida and Salvia miltiorrhiza have increasingly been used in the management of fatty liver disease, a systematic review on herbal medicine for fatty liver disease is needed. OBJECTIVES To assess the beneficial and harmful effects of herb...

background: the most common symptoms experienced by women are hot flashes are around the time of menopause. many women are interested in herbal medicines because of fear of side effect of hormone therapy. objective: in this study, we seek to assess the effectiveness of herbal medicine on the recurrence of hot flash in menopausal women. methods: the database of medline, scopus, and the cochrane ...

BACKGROUND Herbal medicine use has become increasingly popular throughout the world. Some of these agents may have serious interactions with anesthetic drugs. Children may potentially be more vulnerable to such interactions because of altered drug handling. While the prevalence of herbal medicine use by children with some chronic illnesses has been estimated, the incidence of this in a populati...

  The use of herbal medicines dates back to the beginning of the human history. Today, herbal medicines still play a significant role in the prevention and treatment of disease in many cultures and communities. There are few reports about adverse effects of herbal medicines. This is why many people around the world believe that herbal medicines can't cause adverse effects. They believe plants ...

Diabetes Mellitus is most widely spreading disease and become a major problem that responsible for the death of people in developing and developed countries. Diabetes Mellitus cannot treat completely but can be controlled. For treatment of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus mostly synthetic oral hypoglycaemic agents are in use. In India at present status herbal medicines also used on a large scale becaus...

Herbal medicines, including herbs, herbal preparations and finished herbal products, contain as active ingredients parts of plants or other plant materials perceived to have therapeutic benefits [1]. About 80% of the worldwide population use herbal products for their basic health care (primary care) such as extracts, teas and other active principles, a market estimated at US$ 50 billion per yea...

The consumption of herbal medicines is increasing rapidly worldwide. Ginseng is one of the most widely used herbal medicines in the world, for its physical, mental and sexual effects. It is one of the best-selling herbs in the United States [1]. The recent report that ginseng may paradoxically decrease the anticoagulant effect of warfarin [1] was the third such report, the first two being publi...

Background and objectives: Hemorrhoids is the most prevalent rectal disease which is defined as enlargement of ano-rectal cushions.  Intensified pressure on vascular plexus of hemorrhoids seems playing a chief role in the development of hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoidectomy is an important surgery to relieve discomforts of patients that suffer from symptomatic hemorrhoids. This review ...