matricaria discoidea/neoplasms

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine if aromatherapy, specifically inhaled essential oil, is beneficial for side effects related to cancer treatments involving chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and/or immunotherapy administered intravenously. II. To describe the effect of inhaled ginger essential oil,

The United States, Appalachia, Eastern Kentucky in particular, is in the midst of a major opioid abuse epidemic. This current epidemic is driven by misuse of prescription painkillers, i.e. Subutex and Saboxone. As prescription pills become more expensive and harder to acquire, addicts are seeking

It is considered that patients undergoing radiotherapy in use gel based on C. recutita or use of cream based urea three times a day, concomitant radiotherapy, would present the following hypotheses: - Null: equal incidence and severity of radiodermatitis when compared to the control group (usual

Population: adult subjects, submitted to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) at a cancer hospital in the interior of São Paulo State. The following inclusion criteria were adopted for sample selection purposes: subjects over 18 years of age, candidates for allogeneic HSCT and with intact

The hypothesis adopted was that patients with phlebitis due to peripheral intravenous infusion in anti-neoplasm chemotherapy, treated with a compress of Chamomilla recutita infusion for 20 minutes three times per day, would present a shorter phlebitis regression time in comparison with patients

The preparation contains a mixture of 200mg chamomile and tea (green tea) extract which contains naturally occurring bioflavonoids (2%) together with vitamins and folic acid. This flavonoids mixture will be applied for 3 years and the compliance and effects of this treatment will be determined by

Background: IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) is a disorder of motility of the entire GI tract that produces cramping, abdominal pain, constipation, and/or diarrhea and sometimes passing of mucus in bowel movements. In most people with IBS, the GI tract is highly sensitive to many stimuli, including

(i). Chronic hepatitis B Chronicity of HBV following acute infection is strongly age-related; the majority (90%) of infants acquiring HBV perinatally go on to develop chronic infection, while most persons who acquire HBV later in life resolve their infection [ref 1]. Patients with chronic HBV have a