Use of Herbal Tea/Herbal Preparations for Children with Symptoms of Viral Upper Respiratory Infections

Karakuş, Methiye Mancak; Tapisiz, Anıl; Karakaş, Nazmi Mutlu; Deniz, Melis; Çalışkan, Ufuk Koca

doi:10.4274/tjps.galenos.2022.65475

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“…This could be explained by the fact that when children are younger and weighing less, parents are more over-caring and unable to bear to see them suffering from cold and flu, they would desire quick relief by using the same products which relieve them as adults, such as balms containing camphor. The parents may also resort to pharmaceutical products because they may consider their infants to be too young for home remedies against cold and flu (honey, lemon juice) [22][23][24]. Children aging between 4-7 years old were less likely to suffer from harmful practices (OR= 0.159, p<0.001).…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Exposure to Camphor & Eucalyptus Essential Oils and Risk of Seizure Disorder in Children: A Cross Sectional Study

Nkolo,

Desire,

Fokunang

et al. 2024

JOCAMR

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Background: Camphor and eucalyptus essential oils contain camphor and eucalyptol respectively which serve as active ingredients in over-the-counter drugs to manage upper respiratory tract infections and pain in children. However, because of their pro-convulsant properties, seizures constitute a documented complication of their toxicity after ingestion, inhalation, and dermal exposure. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of parents and health personnel on the risk of onset of seizures in children exposed to pharmaceutical products containing camphor and/or eucalyptus essential oils. Methods: This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted in the Mother and Child Centre of Chantal Biya Foundation, a reference hospital. The survey was conducted using questionnaires directed to health personnel and parents of hospitalized children under 8 years old. Results: A total of 350 parents out of the 360 encountered were included in the study and 57 health personnel out of the 100 encountered. Parents 337 (96.3%) and health personnel 18 (31.6%) had poor knowledge on the issue. Parents 338 (96.6%) and health personnel 54 (94.75%) had very satisfactory attitude scores. Both parents 319 (91.1%) and health personnel 31 (54.4%) had harmful practices scores. Conclusion: This study showed that both parents and health personnel had poor knowledge, very satisfactory attitudes and harmful practices towards the risk of onset of seizures in children exposed to pharmaceutical products containing camphor and/or eucalyptus essential oils.

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Exposure to Camphor & Eucalyptus Essential Oils and Risk of Seizure Disorder in Children: A Cross Sectional Study

Nkolo,

Desire,

Fokunang

et al. 2024

JOCAMR

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“…Additionally, we concentrated on clinical trials with adult patients. It is to be emphasized that respective studies using herbal drugs have also been done in children with psychosomatic diseases ( Verlaet et al, 2017 ; Schloss et al, 2021 ), IBS ( Menon et al, 2023 ), gastrointestinal disorders ( Michael et al, 2022 ), UTIs ( Ching, 2022 ), and URIs ( Mancak Karakus et al, 2023 ) to mention only some examples.…”

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Current state of research on the clinical benefits of herbal medicines for non-life-threatening ailments

Salm,

Rutz,

van den Akker

et al. 2023

Front. Pharmacol.

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Herbal medicines are becoming increasingly popular among patients because they are well tolerated and do not exert severe side effects. Nevertheless, they receive little consideration in therapeutic settings. The present article reviews the current state of research on the clinical benefits of herbal medicines on five indication groups, psychosomatic disorders, gynecological complaints, gastrointestinal disorders, urinary and upper respiratory tract infections. The study search was based on the database PubMed and concentrated on herbal medicines legally approved in Europe. After applying defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, 141 articles were selected: 59 for psychosomatic disorders (100% randomized controlled trials; RCTs), 20 for gynecological complaints (56% RCTs), 19 for gastrointestinal disorders (68% RCTs), 16 for urinary tract infections (UTI, 63% RCTs) and 24 for upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) (79% RCTs). For the majority of the studies, therapeutic benefits were evaluated by patient reported outcome measures (PROs). For psychosomatic disorders, gynecological complaints and URTI more than 80% of the study outcomes were positive, whereas the clinical benefit of herbal medicines for the treatment of UTI and gastrointestinal disorders was lower with 55%. The critical appraisal of the articles shows that there is a lack of high-quality studies and, with regard to gastrointestinal disorders, the clinical benefits of herbal medicines as a stand-alone form of therapy are unclear. According to the current state of knowledge, scientific evidence has still to be improved to allow integration of herbal medicines into guidelines and standard treatment regimens for the indications reviewed here. In addition to clinical data, real world data and outcome measures can add significant value to pave the way for herbal medicines into future therapeutic applications.

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“…Phytopharmaceuticals are used for an extensive range of conditions, such as hypertension [18], atopic dermatitis [19], and depression [20]. In terms of respiratory tract infections, a cross-sectional survey of 250 parents from Turkey revealed that the prevalence of non-drug therapeutic approaches used for their children with symptoms of viral URIs was 47.2%, and that the most common approach was herbal tea (prevalence of 30.5%) [21]. There is some research suggesting that these molecules, which differ from homeopathy, may be effective treatments for respiratory tract infections [22][23][24].…”

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Changes in the Prescription of Antibiotics and Phytopharmaceuticals in Children Treated for Acute Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Pediatric Practices in Germany in 2013, 2018, and 2022

Kostev,

van den Boom,

Tanislav

et al. 2023

Antibiotics

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Background: Little is known about the recent trends in antibiotic and phytopharmaceutical prescribing for acute upper (URIs) and lower respiratory tract infections (LRIs) in children and adolescents. Therefore, this study investigated changes in the prescription of antibiotics and phytopharmaceuticals in children diagnosed with acute URIs and LRIs in pediatric practices in Germany in 2013, 2018, and 2022. Methods: The present retrospective study included children aged 2–12 years diagnosed with acute URIs or LRIs in one of 180 pediatric practices in 2013, 2018, and 2022. The URIs included nasopharyngitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis and tracheitis, and upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites, while the LRIs corresponded to bronchitis. The primary outcomes were the proportion of children being prescribed antibiotics and the proportion of those being prescribed phytopharmaceuticals. Results: A total of 120,894 children were diagnosed with acute URIs or LRIs in 2013 compared to 116,844 in 2018 and 127,821 in 2022. The prevalence of antibiotic prescription decreased for all diagnoses between 2013 and 2022. This decrease was statistically significant for both 2013–2018 and 2018–2022 for nasopharyngitis, pharyngitis, and bronchitis. Meanwhile, there was a significant increase in the use of phytopharmaceuticals for all diagnoses between 2013 and 2018. The prevalence of phytopharmaceutical prescription decreased slightly between 2018 and 2022, but this decrease was generally not statistically significant. Conclusions: The prescription of antibiotics has decreased and that of phytopharmaceuticals has increased in children diagnosed with acute URIs and LRIs in Germany over the last decade. More data are needed to corroborate these findings in other settings.

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Use of Herbal Tea/Herbal Preparations for Children with Symptoms of Viral Upper Respiratory Infections

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References 16 publications

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Exposure to Camphor & Eucalyptus Essential Oils and Risk of Seizure Disorder in Children: A Cross Sectional Study

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Exposure to Camphor & Eucalyptus Essential Oils and Risk of Seizure Disorder in Children: A Cross Sectional Study

Current state of research on the clinical benefits of herbal medicines for non-life-threatening ailments

Changes in the Prescription of Antibiotics and Phytopharmaceuticals in Children Treated for Acute Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Pediatric Practices in Germany in 2013, 2018, and 2022

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