Archive for the 'Hawthorn' Category
Monday, April 5th, 2010
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and Arizona collaborated to review the risks of herbal:drug interactions.
The abstract is a bit skimpy on details, but the American Pharmaceutical Association has a nice summary, which will be summarized further here. (more…)
Black/Blue Cohosh, Bleeding Disorders, Chinese Medicine, Cholesterol/Lipids, Echinacea, Garlic, Ginkgo, Ginseng, Hawthorn, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Licorice, Motherworth, Saw Palmetto, Yohimbine | Comments Off on Risk of taking herbals in people with heart disease
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Professor Ernst and colleagues from the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth in the UK report significant benefit in symptom control and physiologic outcomes from hawthorn extract when included in the treatment for chronic heart failure. (more…)
Cochrane Library, Hawthorn, Heart Disease, Prof. Ernst | Comments Off on Benefits of hawthorn to treat heart failure
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
It seems to improve self-esteem but not cognition (eg, perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning) or literacy, according to a recent study of 70 dyslexic children aged 6 to 13 years.
Call me skeptical, but…
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Dyslexia, Hawthorn, Homeopathy, Kinesiology | Comments Off on Sunflower therapy for dyslexia
Monday, July 16th, 2007
In 2003, Professor Edzard Ernst writing on the Cochrane Collaboration website concluded, “Compared with placebo, kava extract is an effective symptomatic treatment for anxiety although, at present, the size of the effect seems small.” (more…)
Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Chamomile, Garlic, Ginkgo, Hawthorn, Kava, Lavender, Lemon/Lime, Palliative/End of Life, Passionflower, Phytoestrogens, Poppy, Prof. Ernst, Saw Palmetto, St. John's Wort | Comments Off on A critical review of herbals to treat anxiety and depression
Monday, April 9th, 2007
In people with advanced congestive heart failure (CHF) WS 1442 (aka, hawthorn) does not change the incidence of death due to progressive heart failure, fatal heart attack, or non-fatal heart attack. It also doesn’t affect the chances of being put in the hospital because of heart failure. (more…)
Hawthorn, Heart Disease | Comments Off on Crataegus Extract WS 1442 is not effective congestive heart failure therapy
