BACKGROUND
Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson and C.E. Jarvis is best known for its hypoglycaemic and anti-lipemic action. In Brazilian ethnopharmacy it is called "plant-insulin" and used mostly against diabetes, as well as in abscesses, haemorrhage and epilepsy. In the present paper we study the
OBJECTIVE
To investigate efficacy and side effects of Cissus quadrangularis L. and micronised purified flavanoid fraction (MPFF) in treatment of hemorrhoids.
METHODS
A prospective double blind randomized study was designed in acute hemorrhoidal patients from three hospitals. In each hospital, eighty