Research

Irritable bowel syndrome:

1. Complementary and alternative medicine for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.Shen YH, Nahas R.Can Fam Physician. 2009 Feb;55(2):143-8. PMID: 19221071 [PubMed – in process]Related Articles Free article at journal site
2: Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome in primary care.  Jones R.  BMJ. 2008 Nov 13;337:a2213. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2213. No abstract available. PMID: 19008267 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

3: Effect of fibre, antispasmodics, and peppermint oil in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis.  Ford AC, Talley NJ, Spiegel BM, Foxx-Orenstein AE, Schiller L, Quigley EM, Moayyedi P.   BMJ. 2008 Nov 13;337:a2313. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2313. Review.   PMID: 19008265 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

4: Pharmacological interventions for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in childhood.  Huertas-Ceballos A, Logan S, Bennett C, Macarthur C.  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Jan 23;(1):CD003017. Review.   PMID: 18254013 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

5: Mint conditions.  [No authors listed]  Harv Health Lett. 2007 Jul;32(9):3. PMID: 17665507 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

6: Peppermint oil.  Kligler B, Chaudhary S.  Am Fam Physician. 2007 Apr 1;75(7):1027-30. Review.  PMID: 17427617 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

7: Peppermint oil (Mintoil) in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: a prospective double blind placebo-controlled randomized trial. Cappello G, Spezzaferro M, Grossi L, Manzoli L, Marzio L.  Dig Liver Dis. 2007 Jun;39(6):530-6. Epub 2007 Apr 8. PMID: 17420159 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

8: Current gut-directed therapies for irritable bowel syndrome.  Chang HY, Kelly EC, Lembo AJ.  Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol. 2006 Jul;9(4):314-23.  PMID: 16836950 [PubMed – in process]

9: Peppermint oil.  Charrois TL, Hrudey J, Gardiner P, Vohra S; American Academy of Pediatrics Provisional Section on Complementary, Holistic, and Integrative Medicine.  Pediatr Rev. 2006 Jul;27(7):e49-51. Review. No abstract available.   PMID: 16815990 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

10: A review of the bioactivity and potential health benefits of peppermint tea (Mentha piperita L.).  McKay DL, Blumberg JB.  Phytother Res. 2006 Aug;20(8):619-33. Review.  PMID: 16767798 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

11: Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.  Hadley SK, Gaarder SM.  Am Fam Physician. 2005 Dec 15;72(12):2501-6. Review.   PMID: 16370407 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

12: Pharmacology and preclinical pharmacokinetics of peppermint oil.  Grigoleit HG, Grigoleit P.  Phytomedicine. 2005 Aug;12(8):612-6. Review.  PMID: 16121523 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

13: Gastrointestinal clinical pharmacology of peppermint oil.  Grigoleit HG, Grigoleit P.  Phytomedicine. 2005 Aug;12(8):607-11. Review.  PMID: 16121522 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

14: Peppermint oil in irritable bowel syndrome.  Grigoleit HG, Grigoleit P.  Phytomedicine. 2005 Aug;12(8):601-6. Review.  PMID: 16121521 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

15: Nutritional supplements and alternative medicine.  Krueger KJ, McClain CJ, McClave SA, Dryden GW.  Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2004 Mar;20(2):130-8.  PMID: 15703634 [PubMed]

16: Traditional therapies for irritable bowel syndrome: an evidence-based appraisal.  Fennerty MB.  Rev Gastroenterol Disord. 2003;3 Suppl 2:S18-24. Review.  PMID: 12775999 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

17: Treatment with enteric-coated peppermint oil reduced small-intestinal bacterial overgrowth in a patient with irritable bowel syndrome.  Gaby AR.  Altern Med Rev. 2003 Feb;8(1):3; author reply 4-5. No abstract available. PMID: 12611555 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

18: Systematic review of treatments for recurrent abdominal pain.  Weydert JA, Ball TM, Davis MF.  Pediatrics. 2003 Jan;111(1):e1-11. Review.  PMID: 12509588 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

19: Peppermint oil for irritable bowel syndrome.  Sagduyu K.  Psychosomatics. 2002 Nov-Dec;43(6):508-9. PMID: 12444241 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

20: The treatment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth with enteric-coated peppermint oil: a case report.  Logan AC, Beaulne TM.  Altern Med Rev. 2002 Oct;7(5):410-7.   PMID: 12410625 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Headache

1. Effect of peppermint and eucalyptus oil preparations on neurophysiological and experimental algesimetric headache parameters.Göbel H, Schmidt G, Soyka D.
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2. Effectiveness of Oleum menthae piperitae and paracetamol in therapy of headache of the tension type
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 3. What counts as evidence? A personal odyssey into alternative care.
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4.  Peppermint oil.  Kligler B, Chaudhary S.  Am Fam Physician. 2007 Apr 1;75(7):1027-30. Review.  PMID: 17427617 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]