Phytomedicine in Otorhinolaryngology and Pulmonology: Clinical Trials with Herbal Remedies

Pharmaceuticals

Koosha Ghazi Moghadam¹  Hasan Mete Inançlı³  Nazanin Bazazy¹  Peter K. Plinkert¹  Thomas Efferth² 

[1]Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

[2]Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Mainz, Staudingerweg 5, 55099 Mainz, Germany

[3]Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Near East University Hospital, 922022 Lefkosa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

关键词: phytomedicine;    herbal remedy;    clinical trial;    evidence-based;    otorhinolaryngology;    pulmonology;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ph5080853

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Phytomedicine has become an important alternative treatment option for patients in the Western world, as they seek to be treated in a holistic and natural way after an unsatisfactory response to conventional drugs. Ever since herbal remedies have been introduced in the Western world, clinicians have raised concerns over their efficacy and possible side-effects. A PubMed (Medline) search was performed covering the last five years (01/07–04/12) and including 55 prospective clinical randomized control trials in the medical specialities Otorhinolaryngology and Pulmonology. In this review, we present evidence-based clinical data with herbal remedies and try to enlighten the question of efficacy and reliability of phytomedicine.

【 授权许可】

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