Abdulrahim Marzouq Alharbi
National Guard Health Affairs, Medina, Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Review Article
Herbal support for digestive health: A review of common conditions and complementary strategies
Author(s): Abdulrahim Marzouq Alharbi*, Ahmed Murayshid Almutairi, Majed Hamoud Almutairi, Mohammad Abdulghafour Neyazi, Ali Asiri and Meshal Salem Aljohani
The Gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a vital part of the health component of digestion because it is required to aid in the absorption of nutrients, immune homeostasis and general homeostasis. FGIDs include Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Functional Dyspepsia (FD) and Functional Constipation (FC) that may be associated with such symptoms as abdominal pain, bloating, early satiety and change of bowel habits. Such types of states harm the quality of life and cause the enormous economic expenses in terms of the healthcare consumption and wasted productivity. Most conventional drugs including antispasmodicts in the case of IBS, prokinetics in the case of FD and osmotic laxatives in the case of FC are of marginal benefit because of the pathogenesis of gut dysmotili ty multi-factorial, the visceral hypersensitivity and the microbiota imbalance and psychosocial factors. The Ayurveda, Tradition.. Read More»
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200121