Estimating the Yin-Yang Nature of Western Herbs: A Potential Tool Based on Antioxidation- Oxidation Theory

Gîlcă, Marilena; Găman, Laura; Lixandru, Daniela

doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v11i3.29

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“…Qi describes as a vital force energy which is carried throughout the body via meridians. Yin shows slow, cold and passive strength, where yang shows excited, hot, and active strength [22]. Chinese herbal formulas are known to have an advantage with regard to body regulation [23].…”

Section: Chinese Herbal Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

Alternative Medicine: A Recent Overview

Akter¹,

Hasan²,

Rokeya³

et al. 2021

Alternative Medicine - Update

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Alternative medicine has renewed its growing public interest in recent times due to inequality of patients and healthcare professionals’ ratios with increased workload for the latter, various side effects of modern medicine, lack of complete remission from chronic diseases, high cost of new drugs, and emerging new diseases. Hence, people have become more dependent on treatment systems replying on alternative medicine or herbal medicine from traditional medicinal practitioners. Alternative medicine has grown substantially over time and encompasses several millennia of therapeutic systems. The significant areas of alternative medicine include mind–body therapies, body manipulation, and the therapies based on biological systems. Natural products based biological treatment is the most popular of them as nature has endowed us with abundance of effective pharmacologically active phytochemicals. These phytochemicals possess numerous specific clinical health benefits including antioxidant, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anti-infectious and analgesic effects. In addition, alternative medicine is easily accessible, affordable, most often noninvasive, and provides favorable benefits during terminal periods of some diseases. However, due to the lack of well-designed clinical trials, the safety and effectiveness of many alternative medicines/therapies remains elusive. This chapter will critically discuss major areas, uses, safety and regulation, current challenges & future perspectives of alternative medicine.

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Section: Chinese Herbal Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

Alternative Medicine: A Recent Overview

Akter¹,

Hasan²,

Rokeya³

et al. 2021

Alternative Medicine - Update

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“…In vitro studies . An extract of comfrey significantly inhibited the respiratory burst of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, suggesting an anti-inflammatory potential [ 107 ].…”

Section: Anti-arthritic Medicinal Plantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Phytomedicine in Joint Disorders

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Chronic joint inflammatory disorders such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis have in common an upsurge of inflammation, and oxidative stress, resulting in progressive histological alterations and disabling symptoms. Currently used conventional medication (ranging from pain-killers to biological agents) is potent, but frequently associated with serious, even life-threatening side effects. Used for millennia in traditional herbalism, medicinal plants are a promising alternative, with lower rate of adverse events and efficiency frequently comparable with that of conventional drugs. Nevertheless, their mechanism of action is in many cases elusive and/or uncertain. Even though many of them have been proven effective in studies done in vitro or on animal models, there is a scarcity of human clinical evidence. The purpose of this review is to summarize the available scientific information on the following joint-friendly medicinal plants, which have been tested in human studies: Arnica montana, Boswellia spp., Curcuma spp., Equisetum arvense, Harpagophytum procumbens, Salix spp., Sesamum indicum, Symphytum officinalis, Zingiber officinalis, Panax notoginseng, and Whitania somnifera.

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“…An extract of comfrey significantly inhibited the respiratory burst of polimorphonuclear leukocytes, suggesting an anti-inflammatory potential [87].…”

Section: Symphytum Officinalis Fam Boraginaceaementioning

confidence: 99%

Phytomedicine in Joint Disorders

Dragoș

Gîlcă

Găman

et al. 2017

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Chronic joint inflammatory disorders such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis have in common an upsurge of inflammation, and oxidative stress, resulting in progressive histological alterations and disabling symptoms. Currently used conventional medication (ranging from painkillers to biological agents) is potent, but frequently associated with serious, even life-threatening side effects. Used for millennia in traditional herbalism, medicinal plants are a promising alternative, with lower rate of adverse events and an efficiency frequently comparable with that of conventional drugs. Nevertheless, their mechanism of action is in many cases elusive and/or uncertain. Even many of them have been proved effective in studies done in vitro or on animal models, there is a scarcity of human clinical evidence. The purpose of this review is to summarise the available scientific information on these joint-friendly medicinal plants, which have been already tested in human studies: Arnica montana, Boswellia spp., Curcuma spp., Equisetum arvense, Harpagophytum procumbens, Salix spp., Sesamum indicum, Symphytum officinalis, Zingiber officinalis, Panax notoginseng, Whitania somnifera.

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Estimating the Yin-Yang Nature of Western Herbs: A Potential Tool Based on Antioxidation- Oxidation Theory

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

Alternative Medicine: A Recent Overview

Alternative Medicine: A Recent Overview

Phytomedicine in Joint Disorders

Phytomedicine in Joint Disorders

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