The effectiveness of tipi in the treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis: a preliminary report

Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common painful inflammatory condition occurring mainly in the later half of life. Hip and knee are the joints mostly affected. Petiveria alliacea (tipi) popularly known as an anti-rheumatic medicine, has been used by OA patients to relief pain. This one-week cross-over double-blind trial has preliminary evaluated the analgesic effect of tipi tea in 14 patients with hip and knee OA. Imperata exaltata (sape) was used as the Placebo tea. The pain assessments that were made at baseline and before the start of the second treatment period by treatment groups were comparable. While taking tipi or placebo tea patients experienced a statistically significant improvement in pain on motion and pain at night. The comparison between the improvements reported while on tipi and placebo tea, however, did not disclose any statistically significant difference. At the conclusion of the study 7 patients preferred tipi tea and 6 preferred placebo tea (NS). Two patients reported insomnia, one during placebo treatment and the other during tipi treatment.

Plantas medicinais utilizadas na comunidade urbana de Muribeca, Nordeste do Brasil

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Potential behavioral and pro-oxidant effects of Petiveria alliacea L. extract in adult rats

“…The botanical identification was performed by Dr. Má rio Jardim, a specialist from the Emilio Goeldi Museum (Pará -Brazil), and the sample was deposited as a voucher specimen under number MG94354. According to its popular use, approximately 9 g of the dried mucuracaá were added to 600 mL of water and boiled, filtered and should be taken orally 3 times a day (Ferraz et al, 1991).…”