antispasmodic/headache

Lavender essential oil has been used as an anxiolytic drug, a mood stabilizer, a sedative, spasmolytic, antihypertensive, antimicrobial, analgesic agent as well as a wound healing accelerator. We have studied for the first time the efficacy of lavender essential oil inhalation for the treatment of

The purpose of this longitudinal open but not comparative study was to confirm the safety and efficacy of Lysine clonixinate (125 mg) and hyoscinbutylbromide (10 mg) capsules, during a period of observation of there menstrual cycles on 30 women with uterine dysfunction due to primary or secondary

The great majority of headaches a physician treats in office practice can be divided into two main categories, muscular contraction headache of tension type and vascular headaches of the migraine type. The most satisfactory symptomatic therapy for tension headache is by the use of a nonnarcotic

Headache characteristics are described in 139 patients with chronic daily or almost daily headaches due to regular intake of analgesics and the short- and long-term results of drug withdrawal. Drug-induced headache was described as dull, diffuse, and band-like, and usually started in the early

Mentha pulegium is common known as "poleo" and used for the treatment of diarrhea, headache and cough in Mexican traditional medicine. Organic extracts from aerial parts were evaluated to determine their spasmolytic action on rat isolated ileum test. Hexanic (HEMp), dichloromethanic (DEMp) and

The usage and indications of possible therapeutic and harmful effects of 96 plants reported to be used for headaches in traditional Zulu, Xhosa and Sotho medicine are reviewed. Although few pharmacological studies have been undertaken on the plants used, related usage by other ethnic groups and

The genus Cuscuta, of the family Cuscutaceae, is present in plants and has been traditionally used medicinally against many diseases and conditions, notably depression, mental illness, headache, spleen disease, jaundice, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension. Large numbers of phytochemical

Several species of Ferula genus have been used in folk medicine in digestive disorders, rheumatism, headache, arthritis, and as tranquilizers, antispasmodic and aphrodisiac. From the dry and powdered roots of Ferula hermonis Boiss was extracted the oxygenated sesquiterpene 1,5-trans-daucane type:

Belladonna has diverse pharmacotherapeutic properties with shadowy history of beauty, life, and death. Alkaloids present in belladonna have anti-inflammatory, anticholinergic, antispasmodic, mydriatic, analgesic, anticonvulsant, antimicrobial, which makes it widely applicable for the treatment of

Pain is a common problem of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and may be due to central/neuropathic or peripheral/somatic pathology. Rarely MS may present with pain, or pain may herald an MS exacerbation, such as in painful tonic spasms or Lhermitte's sign. In other patients, pain may become

Detrusor instability, or urinary incontinence, is common in elderly patients, particularly elderly women. The clinical symptoms of overactive, or unstable, urinary bladder include urge urinary incontinence, urgency, and frequency. Mixed urinary incontinence, which comprises urge urinary incontinence

An emergency. When treating a patient, relief of any acute pain is a priority. Such pain should be treated as an emergency, rapidly and effectively. Assessment is the first step Pain is a subjective phenomenon. Assessment of its intensity is the first step to its management. Regarding treatment The

Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is a rare congenital syndrome characterized by the presence of multiple congenital melanocytic nevi and the proliferation of melanocytes in the central nervous system. The authors present a 9-year-old Chinese boy whose clinical manifestations are intermittent headache