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Randomized, controlled trials are available for a standardized dry extract of gentian root, primrose flowers, sorrel herb, elderflower and verbena, for monoterpene distillates with 1,8-cineole, limonene and \u03b1-pinene and for standardized root extracts of <em>Pelargonium sidoides <\/em>, among others. Current systematic reviews and network meta-analyses evaluate the efficacy of these phytotherapeutics in acute rhinosinusitis as predominantly positive, albeit with heterogeneous evidence quality. The following article summarizes the evidence-based data situation and discusses their potential value in practice.    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fevidence-active-substances-and-clinical-classification-for-medical-practice%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhinosinusitis is one of the most common reasons for contacting a doctor and prescribing antibiotics in an outpatient setting. In addition to conventional treatment-accompanying measures, standardized herbal remedies are coming&#8230;&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fevidence-active-substances-and-clinical-classification-for-medical-practice%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":460865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Phytotherapy for rhinosinusitis","footnotes":""},"category":[11508,11297,11406,11427,11447,74319,11548,11503],"tags":[],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-460864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education","category-general-internal-medicine","category-infectiology","category-orl-en","category-pharmaceutical-medicine","category-phytotherapy","category-rx-en","category-studies","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 01:26:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":460861,"slug":"preuves-principes-actifs-et-classification-clinique-pour-la-pratique-medicale","post_title":"Preuves, principes actifs et classification clinique pour la pratique m\u00e9dicale","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/fr\/preuves-principes-actifs-et-classification-clinique-pour-la-pratique-medicale\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","id":460876,"slug":"prove-principi-attivi-e-classificazione-clinica-per-la-pratica-medica","post_title":"Prove, principi attivi e classificazione clinica per la pratica medica","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/it\/prove-principi-attivi-e-classificazione-clinica-per-la-pratica-medica\/"},"pt_PT":{"locale":"pt_PT","id":460873,"slug":"evidencias-substancias-activas-e-classificacao-clinica-para-a-pratica-medica","post_title":"Evid\u00eancias, subst\u00e2ncias activas e classifica\u00e7\u00e3o cl\u00ednica para a pr\u00e1tica m\u00e9dica","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/pt-pt\/evidencias-substancias-activas-e-classificacao-clinica-para-a-pratica-medica\/"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":460879,"slug":"pruebas-sustancias-activas-y-clasificacion-clinica-para-la-practica-medica","post_title":"Pruebas, sustancias activas y clasificaci\u00f3n cl\u00ednica para la pr\u00e1ctica m\u00e9dica","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/es\/pruebas-sustancias-activas-y-clasificacion-clinica-para-la-practica-medica\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460866,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460864\/revisions\/460866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=460864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460864"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=460864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}