Guest guest Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 Hi all, Is there any general guidelines for the herbal treatment of addictions? I'm mainly intrested in treaing drugs and smoking withdrawal. there is plenty of information in regard to acupuncture treatments but i could hardly find anything about chinese herbs. I will be grateful for any advice. Dan this is one article i found: Am J Chin Med 1986;14(1-2):46-50 Related Articles, Links Evaluation on the treatment of morphine addiction by acupuncture Chinese herbs and opioid peptides. Yang MM, Kwok JS. Experimental studies on the effects of acupuncture, combined Chinese herbs, and opioid peptides on morphine withdrawal symptoms were carried out in 119 addicted rats. Electroacupuncture was found to be the most effective method as it reduced the morphine withdrawal scores to -85%. The combined herbs, Qiang Huo, Gou Teng, Chuan Xion, Fu Zi and Yan Hu Suo suppressed the withdrawal scores of -68%. The opioid peptides, endorphin, enkephalin, and dynorphin, produced marked sedative effect and alleviated the withdrawal symptoms, reducing the scores from -28% to -74%. It is suggested that acupuncture and herbs, being non-opiate and having less side effect, might be used as alternative or supplementary treatment on morphine addiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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