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What can traditional plant therapy do in the face of Covid-19? Examples from traditional Chinese medicine
Conclusion: TCM can obtain obvious curative effect in symptomatic treatment, has strong anti-inflammatory effect, and can effectively reduce symptoms and patients ' pain.Keywords: COVID-19; traditional plant therapy; Qingfei Paidu decoction.
Source: African Health Sciences - July 13, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Dandan Song, Qian Deng, Hualiang Chen Source Type: research
The Women Who Revolutionized Nursing During the American Civil War
The 1850s and 1860s in America saw the rise of the “sentimental domestic idea.” Women were held up as examples of purity, piety, and submissiveness. In the American antebellum period, precise and strict rules were recommended for women’s socially acceptable and appropriate behavior.
But the Civil War would change the social, economic, and political landscape for women from every walk of American life—perhaps nowhere more so than in the field of nursing. Women demonstrated remarkable adaptability in the savagely altered wartime world, responding to the great need of the nation while acquiring and ut...
Source: TIME: Health - August 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carole Adrienne Tags: Uncategorized Excerpt health Health Care Source Type: news
Artemisia scoparia and Metabolic Health: Untapped Potential of an Ancient Remedy for Modern Use
Botanicals have a long history of medicinal use for a multitude of ailments, and many modern pharmaceuticals were originally isolated from plants or derived from phytochemicals. Among these, artemisinin, first isolated from Artemisia annua, is the foundation for standard anti-malarial therapies. Plants of the genus Artemisia are among the most common herbal remedies across Asia and Central Europe. The species Artemisia scoparia (SCOPA) is widely used in traditional folk medicine for various liver diseases and inflammatory conditions, as well as for infections, fever, pain, cancer, and diabetes. Modern in vivo and in vitro ...
Source: Frontiers in Endocrinology - February 8, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Kratom Use Within the Context of the Evolving Opioid Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
In this report, we highlight how these converging factors have led to a surge in interest in kratom as a potential harm reduction agent in the treatment of pain and opioid use disorder.
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - August 26, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Ear Infections and the Antibiotic Epidemic
Ear infections appear so common that at times they seem almost like a childhood rite of passage. Often associated with redness, swelling, and pain within the ear, they are the number one reason antibiotics are prescribed for children. However, we’re finding more and more that the prolific prescription of antibiotics is not the panacea it was once thought to be. Not only do antibiotics disrupt healthy digestion, but overuse can even lead to resistance.
The Results of the Antibiotic Epidemic
Multiple studies have demonstrated that antibiotic resistance is on the rise, mainly due to the fact that they have been over-prescri...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - January 24, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Bambini Furtuna Ear Infection Causes Ear Infection Prevention Ear Infection Treatment Ear Infections Source Type: blogs
Drug-induced liver injury caused by kratom use as an alternative pain treatment amid an ongoing opioid epidemic - Osborne CS, Overstreet AN, Rockey DC, Schreiner AD.
Kratom ( Mitragyna speciosa) is a prevalent medicinal plant used mainly for the stimulant and analgesic properties provided through multiple alkaloid compounds. Over the past decade, use of kratom has increased despite the limited knowledge of toxicities a...
Source: SafetyLit - February 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
The unsuspected threat of three opioid-like substitutes
The opioid epidemic has left its toll on the United States with millions suffering from an opioid use disorder and tens of thousands dying from overdoses each year. With intentions to combat the crisis, health providers have been prescribing less opioids, which resulted in an unintentional increase in the abuse of other opioid-like substances. Three emerging drugs of abuse have been noted in the literature as having increased abuse potential in light of recent trends. Kratom, an herbal supplement, gabapentin, a prescription nerve pain and anticonvulsant medication, and loperamide, an over-the-counter antidiarrheal medication.
Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - January 24, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Sarah Kim Source Type: research
Natural Ways to Relieve IT Band Syndrome
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Your endorphins are up. Your stride is smooth. You glide through the park with peaceful solitude, having the track to yourself for once.
Then bang! Your foot hits the pavement and you buckle your knee in pain. When you try to straighten your leg, you feel a click so strong that you can almost hear it.
You have just developed Iliotibial Band (IT Band) Syndrome, one of the two types of “runner’s knee,” the most c...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - January 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: smithwillas Tags: health and fitness IT Band Syndrome Pain management Source Type: blogs
New Advances in Acute Postoperative Pain Management
This article highlights some of the promising new advances and approaches in postoperative pain management.Recent FindingsOver the last decade, Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) pathways and protocols are becoming the benchmark standards for enhancing postoperative recovery. Multimodal analgesia (MMA) is an essential component of such care. Further, in the wake of serious and persistent concern on the opioid epidemic in the USA, there has been a recent renewal of interest in non-opioid alternatives or adjuncts in controlling postoperative pain, often in the context of MMA. Intravenous (IV) acetaminophen, non-steroidal...
Source: Current Pain and Headache Reports - April 4, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
FDA Orders Mandatory Recall of Kratom-Based Herbal Supplements Over Salmonella Outbreak
(WASHINGTON) — A Las Vegas company was ordered to pull its herbal supplements off the market because some of its products tested positive for salmonella, part of a nationwide outbreak linked to the ingredient kratom.
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it took the rare step of ordering the recall because Triangle Pharmanaturals refused to cooperate with U.S. regulators. Companies typically comply with government requests and voluntarily recall tainted products.
Calls and an email to the company were not immediately returned Tuesday morning.
“This action is based on the imminent health risk posed ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Perrone / AP Tags: Uncategorized APH FDA healthytime onetime Source Type: news
Regulators Say Herbal Supplement Kratom Contains Opioids
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health authorities say an herbal supplement promoted as an alternative pain remedy contains the same chemicals found in opioids, the addictive family of drugs at the center of a national addiction crisis.
The Food and Drug Administration analysis, published Tuesday, makes it more likely that the supplement, kratom, could be banned by the federal government.
The FDA also said it has identified 44 reports of death involving kratom since 2011, up from 36 reported in November.
Sold in various capsules and powders, kratom has gained popularity in the U.S. as a treatment for pain, anxiety and drug depend...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - February 8, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Tags: Patient Care News Source Type: news
Is Herbal Supplement Kratom an Opioid? The FDA Says Yes
(WASHINGTON) — U.S. health authorities say an herbal supplement promoted as an alternative pain remedy contains the same chemicals found in opioids, the addictive family of drugs at the center of a national addiction crisis.
The Food and Drug Administration analysis, published Tuesday, makes it more likely that the supplement, kratom, could be banned by the federal government.
The FDA also said it has identified 44 reports of death involving kratom since 2011, up from 36 reported in November.
Sold in various capsules and powders, kratom has gained popularity in the U.S. as a treatment for pain, anxiety and drug depen...
Source: TIME: Health - February 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Perrone / AP Tags: Uncategorized Addiction APH healthytime onetime Source Type: news
Supplements Claiming to Ease Opioid Addiction Come Under Scrutiny
Advocacy groups and the F.D.A. have warned that companies are capitalizing on the epidemic by offering unproven remedies.
Source: NYT Health - December 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SHEILA KAPLAN Tags: Pain-Relieving Drugs Addiction (Psychology) Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies Advertising and Marketing Center for Science in the Public Interest Food and Drug Administration opioids Source Type: news
