Cervical Stenosis is defined as a degeneration of
the structures of the spine as a result of aging causes of a slowly
progressive condition of the cervical spinal cord. Spinal stenosis cause
pressure on the spinal cord, which may lead to the symptoms of
myelopathy. Cervical spinal stenosis with myelopathy is a common disease
in elderly patients of male gender(2)
F. Treatments
F.2. In herbal medicine perspective
The aim of herbal medicine is to relieve symptoms of Cervical Stenosis
1. Cayenne is also known as Cayenne Pepper, a red, hot
chili pepper, belonging to Capsicum annuum, the family Solanaceae,
native to sub-tropical and tropical regions. It has been used in
traditional medicine to increases metabolism, enhance circulatory system
and stomach and the intestinal tract, adjust blood pressure, lower LDL
cholesterol and triglycerides, treat frostbite, muscles, arthritis,
rheumatism, low back pain, strains, sprains, bruises and neuralgia, etc.
the non-pungent pepper CH-19 Sweet and of hot red pepper activates the
sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and enhances thermogenesis as
effectively as hot red pepper, ant that the heat loss effect due to
CH-19 Sweet is weaker than that due to hot red pepper. Furthermore, we
found that intake of CH-19 Sweet does not affect systolic BP or HR,
while hot red pepper transiently elevates them, according to the study
of “Effects of CH-19 Sweet, a non-pungent cultivar of red pepper, on
sympathetic nervous activity, body temperature, heart rate, and blood
pressure in humans” by Hachiya S, Kawabata F, Ohnuki K, Inoue N, Yoneda
H, Yazawa S, Fushiki T.(a)
2. Valerian is a perennial
flowering plant, in the genus Valeriana, belonging to the family
Valerianaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia. The herb has been
used as a sedative and relaxing agent and to treat the liver, the
urinary tract, the digestive tract problem, nerve conditions, etc.
In the evaluation of the effect of V. wallichii chemotype (patchouli
alcohol) extract (DCME) and essential oil (VPAEO) on experimental models
of nociception and to elucidate its possible mechanism of action, found
that DCME and VPAEO (40 and 80 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly inhibited the
number of writhings as compared to vehicle treated group. None of the
doses of DCME and VPAEO exhibited any effect in tail flick model
suggesting only peripheral analgesic activity. When studied for
mechanism of action in acetic acid induced writhing, subeffective dose
of essential oil significantly potentiated the effect of aspirin while
no potentiation was seen in case of extract. These data suggest that
essential oil VPAEO exerted peripheral analgesic via inhibition of
prostaglandin synthesis, accoridng to “Elucidation of possible mechanism
of analgesic action of Valeriana wallichii DC chemotype (patchouli
alcohol) in experimental animal models” by Sah SP, Mathela CS, Chopra
K.(b)
3. Harpagophytum procumbens (Devil’s claw), Salix alba (White willow bark), and Capsicum frutescens (Cayenne)
In a systematic review of randomized controlled trials to determine the
effectiveness of herbal medicine compared with placebo, no intervention,
or “standard/accepted/conventional treatments” for nonspecific low back
pain, found that Harpagophytum procumbens (Devil’s claw), Salix alba
(White willow bark), and Capsicum frutescens (Cayenne) seem to reduce
pain more than placebo. Additional trials testing these herbal medicines
against standard treatments will clarify their equivalence in terms of
efficacy(c).
4. Etc.
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(a) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17341828
(b) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21046983
(c) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17202897
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