Herbal Formula as Effective as Drug Therapy in Asthma

Greetings folks, the following is an article distributed to

practitioners from Mediherb and Dr Kerry Bone, one of the

Australia’s and possibly the worlds leading professors of

herbal medicine and manufacturers of the finest quality

herbal products. This is supposed to be information for

practitioners only but due to the constant smear campaigns

and misinformation distributed by some medical doctors and

pharmaceutical companies, mainly idiotic American based, I

am going to publish the articles sent to me so that you, the

discerning public, have more accurate and honest information

upon which to base your decision to use herbal therapies.

Mainstream pharmaceutical companies and some doctors

have their heads in the sand when it comes to herbal

medicine and the real threat it poses to their “Illness

Industry”. Much of the so called science behind

pharmaceuticals is questionable as are the side effects whilst

much of the science behind herbal medicine is very sound

indeed. Modern science is even proving more and more that

natural therapies, herbal medicine and energetic medicine is

the way forward. The ones who stand to lose the most profits

would have you believe otherwise!

Enjoy the articles!

Craig Hitchens. B.HSc.(Natural Health Care) NESCP, Dip.

Massage, Dip. Reflexology, TFTCP.

Herbal Formula as Effective as Drug Therapy in Asthma

A 12-week randomised, double-blind, placebocontrolled

clinical trial was undertaken to investigate

the efficacy of an Ayurvedic herbal formula in

asthmatic patients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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included in the trial for comparison, these were oral

salbutamol or salbutamol plus theophylline. Ninety-four

patients between 15 and 50 years of age, showing

15% improvement in forced expiratory volume in one

second (FEV

 

 

 

 

 

 

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inhaled salbutamol (200 μg) were recruited. The end

points of the study were determined as a 15% increase

in FEV

 

 

 

 

 

 

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dyspnoea, wheezing, cough, expectoration, disability,

sleep disturbances and respiration rate. The herbal

formula, salbutamol and salbutamol plus theophylline

patients all showed statistically significant

improvement in FEV

 

 

 

 

 

 

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salbutamol, 58% of salbutamol plus theophylline and

only 26% of placebo patients showed the desired 15%

improvement in FEV

 

 

 

 

 

1. Improved mean FEV1

the end of the trial indicated that the salbutamol plus

theophylline combination was superior, followed by

salbutamol and the herbal combination. However,

clinical symptoms like dyspnoea, wheezing, cough,

expectoration, disability, and sleep disturbances were

significantly reduced in herbal patients compared to

patients in all the other three arms.

 

 

 

Comment

As might be expected the drug treatments were

superior to the herbal combination in terms of effecting

bronchodilation and thereby increasing FEV

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the herbal treatment did show a significant superiority

over placebo in this aspect. The striking result was that

ONLY the herbal treatment significantly improved the

other clinical parameters, resulting in reductions in

dyspnoea, wheezing, expectoration, disability and

respiration rate.

On the theme of under-utilised herbs, it should be

noted that while the Ayurvedic formulation used in the

trial contained 15 different herbs, almost half the total

weight comprised just one herb:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adhatoda vasica

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REFERENCE

1 Murali PM, Rajasekaran S, Krishnarajasekar OR et al.

 

 

 

 

 

Respiration