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Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
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Introduction / full article
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. Little is known about the full effects of Thuja, so it is not recommended for medicinal use. Thuja can be poisonous if ingested in large amounts.
Recommendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that Thuja helps to treat rheumatism)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that peppermint helps to treat rheumatism)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It has been proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has been discounted due life-threatening side effects
Recommendation: No recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that mugwart helps to treat symptoms of rheumatism. More research is needed.)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. WARNING: The mistletoe plant should NOT be eaten because it is poisonous. May cause seizures, coma and death. It should only be taken as a purified mistletoe extract, and only in recommended doses.
Recommendation: No recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that mistletoe has any affect on the treatment of rheumatism)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
WARNING: In rare cases, kava may lead to liver failure and other life threatening problems. The FDA warns that those who have had liver problems, or are on medicacations which may affect the liver, patients should check with their doctors before taking Kava. Other side effects include headache, upset stomach, drowsiness, weight loss, bloody urine, and muscle weakness.
Recommendation: No recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that Kava helps to treat Rheumatism. More research is needed)
Grade of Evidence: Very low quality of evidence
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that Gotu Kola helps in the treatment of rheumatism in any way. More research is needed.)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
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6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotu_kola#Medicinal_effects
7. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/gotu-kola
9. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/kava
10. http://www.kavazen.com/pages/library.htm#KavaZen and Kava Safety
11. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/kava/index.htm
13. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/mistletoe/ataglance.htm
14. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002883.htm
15. http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/m/mistle40.html
16. http://www.bmj.com/content/333/7582/1293.full?ijkey=56e55886cc53e0c478801e74001edc3bea1c322e&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
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21. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17420159
22. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19507027
23. http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/alternat/AT022.html
24. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-peppermint.html
25. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/peppermintoil/index.htm
27. http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_thoc2.pdf
28. http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3Aproject=medlineplus&query=thuja&x=0&y=0
