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Reference #: | 657 |
Submit Date: | 20 May 2006 |
Browse Category: | leg edema |
Author: | none |
Email Address: | none |
Treatment used: | horse chestnut |
You can buy this remedy at: | health food store |
Remedy will cost you: | unknown |
Country of Remedy: | USA |
Remedy Source: | http://www.nutrasanus.com/chronic-venous-insufficiency.html |
More Links about this Remedy: | http://www.nutrasanus.com/chronic-venous-insufficiency.html |
# Comments posted to this remedy: | 0 |
Complaints Reported: | 0 |
# of times remedy read: | 7,228 |
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Typical Dosage: | unknown |
Dosage should be related to weight: | unknown |
Dosages used in clinical trials are significant: | unknown |
Maximum dosages in relation to side effects and serious side effects: | unknown |
Other foods/nutrients/medications that can affect absorption or utilization: | unknown |
Foods that provide the nutrient recommended as a remedy (or reference giving same): | unknown |
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Effectiveness: | 0.00 |
No Side Effects: | 0.00 |
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"Horse chestnut seed extract is widely used in Europe for chronic venous
insufficiency (CVI). Although traditionally recommended for a variety of medical conditions, CVI is the only condition for which there is strong supportive scientific evidence for the benefit of horse chestnut seed extract. More than 800 individuals have bee involved in double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of horse chestnut for treating venous insufficiency. In one study, using a crossover design, 212 participants were given either horse chestnut or a placebo. Results of the 60 day study showed that horse chestnut significantly reduced leg edema, pain, and heaviness when compared to the placebo. Analysis of the results of other double-blind and controlled trials show that standardized horse chestnut seed extract, which contains aescin, is effective for CVI. Most trials used capsules of horse chestnut extract containing 50 mg of aescin and were administered 2 to 3 times a day. The primary effect observed in these trials was a strengthening of capillaries, which lead to a reduction in swelling. While the exact mechanism responsible for horse chestnut's beneficial effects with CVI is unknown it is believed that the herb's primary active ingredient, aescin, plays a key role. The prominent theory is that aescin reduces the rate of fluid leakage from stressed and irritated vessel walls by preventing the release of enzymes that break down collage and open holes in capillary walls, and by forestalling other forms of vein damage. " Dosage: A suggested dosage of standardized* horse chestnut is 300 milligrams every 12 hours, for up to 12 weeks (containing 50 to 75 milligrams of escin per dose). A dose of 600mg of chestnut seed extract per day has also been studied. horse chestnut http://www.nutrasanus.com/horse-chestnut.html source: http://www.nutrasanus.com/chronic-venous-insufficiency.html |
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