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Herbal therapies in gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders: An evidence-based clinical review

The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and the liver constitute the major organs of the human body. Indeed, the very survival of the human body depends on their proper functioning. Because the GIT is a huge and complex organ system, the maintenance of proper GIT and liver health is an arduous task. GIT di...

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Autores principales: Yao, Yongfang, Habib, Murad, Bajwa, Hajra Fazeelat, Qureshi, Anina, Fareed, Rameesha, Altaf, Reem, Ilyas, Umair, Duan, Yongtao, Abbas, Muhammad
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9581220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36278240
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.962095
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author Yao, Yongfang
Habib, Murad
Bajwa, Hajra Fazeelat
Qureshi, Anina
Fareed, Rameesha
Altaf, Reem
Ilyas, Umair
Duan, Yongtao
Abbas, Muhammad
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Habib, Murad
Bajwa, Hajra Fazeelat
Qureshi, Anina
Fareed, Rameesha
Altaf, Reem
Ilyas, Umair
Duan, Yongtao
Abbas, Muhammad
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description The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and the liver constitute the major organs of the human body. Indeed, the very survival of the human body depends on their proper functioning. Because the GIT is a huge and complex organ system, the maintenance of proper GIT and liver health is an arduous task. GIT disturbances such as diarrhea, stomach ache, flatulence, constipation, nausea, and vomiting are very common, and they contribute to a significant burden on the healthcare system. Pharmacies are full of over-the-counter pharmacological drugs to alleviate its common conditions. However, these drugs do not always prove to be fully effective and patients have to keep on living with these ailments without a proper and long-term solution. The aim of this review article is to present a practical reference guide to the role of herbal medicines in dealing with gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders, which is supported by systematic reviews and evidence-based trials. People have depended on herbal medications for centuries for the treatment of various ailments of the GIT, liver, and other organ system problems. Recently, this trend of incorporating herbal medication for the treatment of various diseases in both developing and developed countries have surged. Many people continue to use herbal medications, even though substantial data about their efficacy, uses, and toxicological effects do not exist. In addition, while herbal medicines have enormous benefits in both the prevention and the treatment of medical ailments, they can also have toxicological effects. It is, therefore, of the utmost importance that appropriate time, energy, and resources are spent on the development of ethnopharmacology. In addition, herbal products should be classified in a pattern similar to pharmacological medications, including their uses, side effects, mechanism of action, efficacy, and so on.
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spelling pubmed-95812202022-10-20 Herbal therapies in gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders: An evidence-based clinical review Yao, Yongfang Habib, Murad Bajwa, Hajra Fazeelat Qureshi, Anina Fareed, Rameesha Altaf, Reem Ilyas, Umair Duan, Yongtao Abbas, Muhammad Front Pharmacol Pharmacology The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and the liver constitute the major organs of the human body. Indeed, the very survival of the human body depends on their proper functioning. Because the GIT is a huge and complex organ system, the maintenance of proper GIT and liver health is an arduous task. GIT disturbances such as diarrhea, stomach ache, flatulence, constipation, nausea, and vomiting are very common, and they contribute to a significant burden on the healthcare system. Pharmacies are full of over-the-counter pharmacological drugs to alleviate its common conditions. However, these drugs do not always prove to be fully effective and patients have to keep on living with these ailments without a proper and long-term solution. The aim of this review article is to present a practical reference guide to the role of herbal medicines in dealing with gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders, which is supported by systematic reviews and evidence-based trials. People have depended on herbal medications for centuries for the treatment of various ailments of the GIT, liver, and other organ system problems. Recently, this trend of incorporating herbal medication for the treatment of various diseases in both developing and developed countries have surged. Many people continue to use herbal medications, even though substantial data about their efficacy, uses, and toxicological effects do not exist. In addition, while herbal medicines have enormous benefits in both the prevention and the treatment of medical ailments, they can also have toxicological effects. It is, therefore, of the utmost importance that appropriate time, energy, and resources are spent on the development of ethnopharmacology. In addition, herbal products should be classified in a pattern similar to pharmacological medications, including their uses, side effects, mechanism of action, efficacy, and so on. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9581220/ /pubmed/36278240 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.962095 Text en Copyright © 2022 Yao, Habib, Bajwa, Qureshi, Fareed, Altaf, Ilyas, Duan and Abbas. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Yao, Yongfang
Habib, Murad
Bajwa, Hajra Fazeelat
Qureshi, Anina
Fareed, Rameesha
Altaf, Reem
Ilyas, Umair
Duan, Yongtao
Abbas, Muhammad
Herbal therapies in gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders: An evidence-based clinical review
title Herbal therapies in gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders: An evidence-based clinical review
title_full Herbal therapies in gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders: An evidence-based clinical review
title_fullStr Herbal therapies in gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders: An evidence-based clinical review
title_full_unstemmed Herbal therapies in gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders: An evidence-based clinical review
title_short Herbal therapies in gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders: An evidence-based clinical review
title_sort herbal therapies in gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders: an evidence-based clinical review
topic Pharmacology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9581220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36278240
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.962095
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