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Azimi M, Zahedi MJ, Mehrabani M, Tajadini H, Zolala F, Baneshi MR, Choopani R, Sharififar F, Asadipour A, Hayatbakhsh MM, Ahmadi B. Effect of Apium graveolens and Trachyspermum copticom on clinical symptoms of patients with functional dyspepsia. Avicenna J Phytomed 2017; 7:554-564. [PMID: 29299438 PMCID: PMC5745539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES This study aimed at investigating the effect of Iranian traditional remedy prepared from Apium graveolens and Trachyspermum copticom (AT) on the severity and frequency of symptoms in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD). MATERIAL AND METHODS In total, 150 FD patients were included in this randomized double-blind trial, based on the ROME III diagnostic criteria, and they were divided into three intervention groups namely, AT, Placebo and omeprazole. Then, severity and frequency of symptoms during this eight-week trial were measured. Obtained information was analyzed using Chi-square test and repeated measures test. RESULT In general, the severity and frequency of symptoms after the 4th week significantly decreased in the AT group as compared to the omeprazole and placebo groups, and continued to reduce by the end of the eighth week. General reduction of symptom severity and frequency in the omeprazole group was significantly different from the placebo group by the end of the 4th and 8th weeks. With respect to each individual symptom, AT markedly improved symptoms, such as burning, pain, early satiation, fullness, bloating, belching and nausea, as compared to placebo-treated group. Moreover, AT significantly improved symptoms, like vomiting, and nausea, except for pain, as compared to omeprazole-treated subjects. CONCLUSION According to the results, AT, as Iranian traditional remedy, was more effective than omeprazole and placebo in reducing the symptoms in FD patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maryam Azimi
- Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran,Herbal and Traditional Medicines Center, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran,Corresponding Author: Tel: +983431328000, Fax: +983433257770,
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- Herbal and Traditional Medicines Center, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran,Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of MedicalScience, Kerman, Iran
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department, Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department, Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Herbal and Traditional Medicines Center, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center & Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Emtiazy M, Keshavarz M, Khodadoost M, Kamalinejad M, Gooshahgir SA, Shahrad Bajestani H, Hashem Dabbaghian F, Alizad M. Relation between Body Humors and Hypercholesterolemia: An Iranian Traditional Medicine Perspective Based on the Teaching of Avicenna. Iran Red Crescent Med J 2012; 14:133-8. [PMID: 22737569 PMCID: PMC3372029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases are among the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. One of the important risk factors of cardiovascular disease is hyperlipidemia especially high levels of serum cholesterol. Due to the importance of hypercholesterolemia, being a serious condition, various treatments are used to control it, regardless of the cause, most of treatments, focused on reducing the level of serum lipids. This study aims to determine various view points for hypercholesterolemia in Iranian traditional medicine. METHODS We used several Iranian traditional medicine resources and literatures; then based on these texts; a pilot study was designed to assess their effects in 10 patients with high plasma cholesterol. The sign and symptoms in main digestive organs (Stomach and liver) were also evaluated. RESULTS Some patients showed hepatic temperament but all patients had gastric temperament. CONCLUSION With reference to Iranian traditional medical texts and literatures, the organs involved in the process of digestion, particularly the stomach and the liver play the most important role. Yet the proper function of stomach as the first step involved in the digestion chain should be emphasized.
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- M Emtiazy
- School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Correspondence: Majid Emtiazy, MD, PhD Student of Iranian Traditional Medicine, School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tel.: +98-21-55601274, E-mail:
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- School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Endocrine and Metabolism, Rasoole Akram Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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