This content is machine translated Diseases of the prostate What is the potential of phytotherapy? At the 29th Swiss Annual Conference on Phytotherapy in Winterthur, the question was posed as to what possibilities phytotherapeutic approaches offer in the therapy of benign prostate syndrome, prostatitis or…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pilot project in Merano Complementary medicine for breast cancer Prof. Dr. med. Claudia M. Witt, Zurich, and Dr. med. Christian Thuile, Merano, presented a pilot project at Merano Hospital at the 29th Swiss Annual Conference on Phytotherapy. In it,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Phytotherapy for blunt traumas of the musculoskeletal system Comfrey and arnica provide relief HAUSARZT PRAXIS 6/2013 reported on the phytotherapeutic treatment of musculoskeletal complaints. The focus was on preparations from willow bark and devil’s claw. This time it is about blunt traumas of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Cimicifuga racemosa Phytotherapy versus hormone replacement therapy Cimicifuga racemosa is a herbal medicine commonly used in clinical practice in peri- and postmenopausal women. Like hormone replacement therapy, it is used in menopausal syndrome. Christine Bodmer, MD, of…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Phytotherapy against allergic rhinitis Efficacy of butterbur extract Ze 339 repeatedly proven In medicine, too, coincidence sometimes helps: employees of a pharmaceutical company took a butterbur preparation from their company for headaches and as a result suddenly noticed much fewer hay fever…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated St. John's wort in depression therapy Health services research complements double-blind studies Depression is very common among mental illnesses. Unipolar depression is the third leading cause of so-called Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY), years of life associated with health limitations and disability.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Phytotherapy in focus Herbal medicines for musculoskeletal complaints For some years now, medical research has been increasingly concerned with herbal medicines with analgesic and antiphlogistic potential. And certainly the disillusionment with COX-2 inhibitors has contributed to the fact…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Hormone therapy during menopause Renaissance after ten years Ten years ago, the results of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) had unsettled thousands of women and gynecologists [1]: Menopausal hormone therapy did not protect against cardiovascular disease, as previously thought,…
