Use of Anethum graveolens in the management of patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Hashim Mohammad, Imad

	Use of Anethum graveolens in the management of patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Mustansiriya Medical Journal
Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-98
Author
Imad Hashim Mohammad
Abstract
Background: Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder affect quality of life for patients. Recently due to low level of satisfaction with the available treatment, high percent of IBS patients turn to complementary and alternative medicine especially herbal medicine. Aims: To examine the effectiveness of Anethum graveolens in the Management of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Patients and Methods: Thirty two patients with IBS who diagnosed according to Rome criteria were allocated into 2 groups: group A, treated with the standard pharmacological agent mebeverine 135mg tid; group B, treated with capsules containing powder of crude plant of Anethum graveolens tid, for two weeks. The IBS symptoms were assessed before therapy and after two weeks, the symptoms evaluated were: pain severity, pain frequency, stool frequency, stool consistency, abdominal distension, incomplete evacuation, urgency and passing of mucus. Results: Treatment of IBS patients with the tested herbal agents show improvement in all IBS symptoms after two weeks in both of individual symptom score or total score percent, treatment with Anethum graveolens show significant P≤0.05 improvement in total score percent 78.13%, compared to mebeverine 53.13%. Conclusions: Patients with IBS may benefit from two weeks treatment with Anethum graveolens, administered as a capsule containing powder of crude plant, the improving effect occur in all IBS symptomed without any side effect reported indicating the efficacy and safety of Anethum graveolens in the management of IBS symptoms.
Keywords
Irritable bowel syndrome; Anethum graveolens; herbal medicine

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