Bulimia nervosa is defined as a
medical condition of consuming a large amount of food in a short amount
of
time or one setting (binge eating), followed by self induced vomiting,
taking a laxative or diuretic and/or excessive exercise, etc. to
compensate for the binge. Bulimia nervosa also effects almost 90% of
female. Unlike anorexia nervosa, people suffering from bulimia nervosa are usually normal or slightly over weight.
Treatments
In herbal medicine perspective
Herbs can be used
to strengthen and tone the body's systems
1. Ashwagandha also known as Withania somnifera is a nightshape plant in
the genus of Withania, belonging to the family Solanaceae, native to
the dry parts of India, North Africa, Middle East, and the Mediterranean. It has been considered as Indian ginseng and used in Ayurvedic medicine
over 3000 years to treat tumors and tubercular glands, carbuncles,
memory loss and ulcers and considered as anti-stress,
cognition-facilitating, anti-inflammatory and anti-aging herbal
medicine. According to the article of "Steroidal lactones from Withania somnifera, an ancient plant for novel medicine"
by Mirjalili MH, Moyano E, Bonfill M, Cusido RM, Palazón J.(37).
Ashwagandha root may be used to treat the stress and antioxidants causes
of anorexia nervosa(38)
2. Milk thistle
In the observation of the active extract of milk thistle,
silymarin, is a mixture of flavonolignans and its antioxidant effect
found that Exposure to light significantly reduced sprout growth and
significantly increased the polyphenol content and antioxidative
capacity. The polyphenol content was 30% higher in seeds originating
from purple inflorescences than in those from white ones. We thus found
milk thistle to be a good candidate source of healthy edible sprouts, according to "The potential of milk thistle (Silybum marianum L.), an Israeli native, as a source of edible sprouts rich in antioxidants" by Vaknin Y, Hadas R, Schafferman D, Murkhovsky L, Bashan N.(39)
3. Catnip
Catnip is to calm the nerves and soothe the
digestive system. The alcohol extract of catnip has a biphasic effect on the behavior of
young chicks. Low and moderate dose levels (25--1800 mg/kg) cause
increasing numbers of chicks to sleep, while high dose levels (i.e.
above 2 g/kg) cause a decreasing number of chicks to sleep, according to
the study of `The effect of an ethanol extract of catnip (Nepeta cataria) on the behavior of the young chick`by Sherry CJ, Hunter PS.(40)
4. Grape Seed Extract is the commercial extracts from whole grape seeds that contains many concentrations, including vitamin E, flavonoids, linoleic acid, oligomeric proanthocyanidins(OPCs), etc..The
herb has been used in traditional medicine as antioxidant,
anti-inflammatory agents and to treat skin wounds with less scarring,
allergies, macular degeneration, arthritis, enhance circulation of blood
vessels, lower cholesterol, etc.
a. Ulcer
in the comparison
of effects of Grape Seed Extract (GSE) and vitamins C and E on aspirin-
and ethanol-induced gastric ulcer and associated increases of lipid
peroxidation in rats, found that GSE protected against ethanol-induced
gastric ulcers more effectively than VC or VE, while its protection
against aspirin ulcers was comparable for all treatments. GSE produced
the greatest reductions of gastric MDA in both models, according to" Effects of grape seed extract, vitamin C, and vitamin e on ethanol- and aspirin-induced ulcers" by Cuevas VM, Calzado YR, Guerra YP, Yera AO, Despaigne SJ, Ferreiro RM, Quintana DC.(41)
b. Antioxidant Activity
in the assessment of phenolic content, antioxidant activity of White and red wines spiked with green tea extract and grape seed extract found that the green tea extract and grape seed extract
increased antioxidant activity dose-dependently and the CRTs varied
considerably between the Korean and Australian groups, with Koreans
preferring wines spiked with green tea extract and Australians showing a preference for wines spiked with grape seed extract, according to "Total
Phenolic Content, Antioxidant Activity and Cross-Cultural Consumer
Rejection Threshold in White and Red Wines Functionally Enhanced with
Catechin-Rich" by Yoo YJ, Saliba A, Prenzler PD, Ryan DM.(42)
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