Effect of Herbal Tea Treatment on Meniere's Disease
10.1625/jcam.7.95
- VernacularTitle:メニエール病に対するハーブティー療法の試み
- Author:
Naoharu KITAJIMA
;
Akemi-sugita KITAJIMA
;
Yusuke WATANABE
;
Mamoru SUZUKI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Ménière’s disease;
vertigo/dizziness;
hearing loss;
herbal tea therapy (HTT)
- From:Japanese Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2010;7(2):95-102
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Objective/Design: The purpose of this study was to confirm the effect of herbal tea therapy on Ménière’s disease. We studied 15 patients with Ménière’s disease who came to the International University of Health and Welfare MITA hospital between 2007 and 2008.
Methods: According to criteria of the Japan Society for Equilibrium Research, all patients were diagnosed as having Ménière’s disease and underwent otoneurologic examination, audiometric measurements, questionnaires of functional level and tinnitus every month. Moreover, we instructed these patients to keep a record of the number of times vertigo was experienced. After 6 months of general treatment, we treated patients with herbal tea for one year. This herbal tea was effective as a diuretic, in promoting antivertigo, and relaxing. We compared results before and after herbal tea therapy.
Result: Herbal tea therapy was effective in about 10 patients, but 5 patients relapsed. However, symptom of the relapsed patients improved after using less medicine, although the quantity of medication was less than before starting the herbal tea therapy. Herbal tea therapy improved their Ménière’s symptoms, especially vertigo after 6 months from starting herbal tea therapy.
Conclusion: Our study provides evidence that herbal tea therapy is useful for preventing worsening of Ménière’s disease.
