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Tibial Nerve Neuralgia Posterior
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Introduction / full article
Tibial Nerve Neuralgia Posterior
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Peppermint Oil [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]:
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 neuralgia)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Aconite (Aconitum Napellus, Monkshood, Fu-Tzu):
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself, and it not recomended for use because it is EXTREMELY TOXIC and can cause irregular heartbeat, heart failre, and death, even when only used only on the skin.
Recommendation: weakly against (Due to the lack of therapeutic effect onTibial Nerve Neuralgia Posterior , and due to its harmful effects, Aconite is NOT RECOMENDED)
Grade of Evidence: moderate quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Summary References
Treatments:
1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009
2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/peppermint
3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17420159
4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19507027
5. http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/alternat/AT022.html
6. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-peppermint.html
7. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/peppermintoil/index.htm