Topical Allium ampeloprasum Subsp Iranicum (Leek) Extract Cream in Patients With Symptomatic Hemorrhoids: A Pilot Randomized and Controlled Clinical Trial

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 132-136

  Mosavat, Seyed Hamdollah ^a,b   Ghahramani, Leila ^c   Sobhani, Zahra ^d   Haghighi, Ehsan Rahmanian ^e   Heydari, Mojtaba ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

allium ampeloprasum; hemorrhoids; herbal medicine; traditional Persian medicine

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALLIUM; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ALLIUM; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84924815550     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587214567954     Document Type: Article

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