Peiman Alesheikh, M. Tabatabaeichehr, H. Mortazavi, Seyed-Javad Pournaghi, J. Kasaian, Barmak Yaaghoobian, H. Akbari, Neda Kheivegi
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The effect of the seed of Descurainia Sophia on functional constipation in Iranian women aged 50-70 years: a randomized controlled trial
Constipation in older adults is a common issue and is more prevalent in women. The current study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the seed of Descurainia Sophia as an herbal medicine on the severity of constipation in older women.
Totally, sixty-four women aged between 50 to 70 participated in the study. The study used a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of the seed of Descurainia Sophia on constipation. Data were collected using a constipation assessment scale and analyzed using independent samples t-test and gain score procedure.
Results showed that taking a mixture of water and seeds of Descurainia Sophia significantly reduces constipation severity in older women. It was concluded that the seed of Descurainia Sophia is a safe and effective alternative for treating constipation in older women.
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Current Traditional Medicine covers all the aspects of the modernization and standardization research on traditional medicine of the world, e.g. chemistry, pharmacology, molecular mechanism, systems biology, proteomics, genomics, metabolomics, safety, quality control, clinical studies of traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic, Unani, Arabic and other ethnomedicine. Each issue contains updated comprehensive in-depth/mini reviews along with high quality original experimental research articles. Current Traditional Medicine is a leading and important international peer-reviewed journal reflecting the current outstanding scientific research progresses of the global traditional, indigenous, folk and ethnologic medicine. It provides a bridge connected the tradition medicine system to the modern life science with the efforts of top scientists, as well as a resource to pursuit the solutions for the existing common issues in the traditional medicine.