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Religion, Spirituality, & Medicine - Mayo Clinic Proceedings Dec. 2001 | Editorial
Herbal
Interactions With Cardiac Drugs (Arch IM Mar. 27, 2000;160
)
Tsung O. Cheng, MD; Robert M. Feingold, MD
Herb-Drug Interactions (Lancet Jan. 2000, 355:134) Adriane Fugh-Berman
Hypericum extract (St John's wort) improves depression and quality
of life
In the first comparative three arm trial of Hypericum perforatum
(St John's wort) 350 mg tid over eight weeks, Philipp et al (p 1534)
showed that the standardised extract STEI 300 was a more effective antidepressant
than placebo and at least as effective as imipramine (100 mg daily) in a
sample of 263 patients in Germany with moderate depression. Quality of life
was improved with the hypericum extract compared with placebo in both mental
and physical components of the SF-36. Phytomedicine is therefore an important
alternative to tricyclics in patients with moderate depression.
(BMJ
Dec.11,1999;319:1534 - Michael Philipp)
American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L) 3 g capsules Reduces Postprandial
Glycemia in Nondiabetic Subjects and Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Vladimir Vuksan, PhD, etc.
(Arch
IM April 10, 2000;160:1009 )
Reductions in area under the glycemic curve were 18% +/-31% for nondiabetic
subjects and 19 +/-22% and 22 +/-17% for subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus
administered before or together with the glucose challenge, respectively.
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