[Experience of using phytopreparation Alba (root extract of the Potentilla alba) in complex treatment of thyroid pathology in children and adolescents]

Lik Sprava. 2014 Mar-Apr:(3-4):125-9.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

This article presents the background for including phytopreparation Alba (root extract of the Potentilla alba) into complex treatment of thyroid pathology. The findings confirm visible reduction of size of the thyroid gland and normalizing its functions in children and adults with the thyroid gland with normal or enhanced function treated by Alba per oral.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Female
  • Goiter, Endemic / drug therapy*
  • Goiter, Endemic / pathology
  • Goiter, Nodular / drug therapy*
  • Goiter, Nodular / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / drug therapy*
  • Hypothyroidism / pathology
  • Male
  • Organ Size / drug effects
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Potentilla / chemistry*
  • Thyroid Gland / drug effects
  • Thyroid Gland / pathology
  • Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / drug therapy*
  • Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / pathology
  • Thyrotoxicosis / drug therapy*
  • Thyrotoxicosis / pathology

Substances

  • Plant Extracts