Anise may have a potential and substantial effect in reduced risk and treatment of functional dyspepsia (FD), some scientists suggested.
Anise is a flowering plant of the species of Pimpinella anisum, genus Pimpinella, belonging to the family Apiaceae native to Egypt and the Mediterranean region, used in traditional herbal medicine as a fragrance in soaps, oils, and mouth fresheners, and stomachic, anti-septic, anti-spasmodic,...
Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a chronic disorder characterized by sensation and movement (peristalsis) in the upper digestive tract.
In the study of a total of 180 patients attending the gastroenterology clinic, 107 with the diagnosis of postprandial distress syndrome according to Rome III criteria, randomly assigned to an anise group of 47 patients received anise powders, 3 g after each meal (3 times/day) for 4 weeks and placebo group of 60 patients received placebo powders (cornstarch), 3 g after each meal (3 times/day) for 4 weeks researchers at the joint study lead by the Iran University of Medical Sciences indicated that
Anise treatment scored a significant improvement in all domains of SF-36(The Short Form (36) Health Survey) at week 12 compared to a placebo group, although both groups scored similarly at the baseline.
More specifically, at week 12, the mean physical component score was 141 in the placebo group and 251 in the Anise treatment group compared to the baseline scores of 159 and 167, respectively, and the mean mental component score at week 12 was 135 placebo group and 233 in anise group in compared to 172 and 165 respectively.
The domain of SF-36 completed by the patients includes vitality, physical functioning, bodily pain, general health perceptions, physical role functioning, emotional role functioning, social role functioning, and mental health, used widely in managed care organizations and Medicare for routine monitoring and assessment of care outcomes in adult patients. The lower the score is an indication of more disability compared to the higher the score of less disability.
The strong improvement of physical and mental scores in the Anise group compared to the baseline and placebo may be associated to Anise in contributed to increasing quality of life in patients of functional dyspepsia, through reduction of symptoms intensity.
Further differentiation, in a total of 107 patients attending the gastroenterology clinic, aged 18-65 years, diagnosed with PDS according to ROME III criteria, randomly assigned to a group of 47 patients receive either received anise powders, 3 g after each meal (3 times/day) or placebo involved 60 patients and received placebo powders (corn starch), 3 g after each meal (3 times/day) for 4 weeks. researcher found that anise group expressed a significant effect in reduced all symptoms at weeks 4 and 12 but retching, nausea and vomiting in compared to the control group and at the baseline.
The examination of the mean total scores of the FD severity scale in the anise group also expressed improvement at weeks 2, 4, and 12 compared to insignificantly different of the two groups before the intervention.
Anise intervention also demonstrated a decrease significantly of mean severity scores of epigastric fullness, epigastric discomfort, epigastric burning/pain, early satiety, bloating, belching, and loss of appetite compared to epigastric pain, epigastric fullness, and belching increased significantly in the placebo group after intervention.
Moreover, Anise group also exerted a strong improvement in the mean pain score compared to the placebo, probably as a result of its anti-spasmolytic feature.
However, after taking into account other co-founders such as factors in causes of FD and anise effects on the broad spectrum of pharmacological effects on GI, nervous, muscular, and immune systems, researchers concluded that there is no surprise that Anise application showed a significant improvement of symptoms in patients with FD.
The information findings may be astonishing, but the study also found to induce certain limitations, including limited external validity of the results with small sample sizes and short follow-up periods.
Taking together, herbal Anise not only improves the quality of life in patients with functional dyspepsia but may also be considered as an adjunct therapy in combination with conventional standard medicine for reduced symptoms and treatment of functional dyspepsia.
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(1) Pimpinella anisum in modifying the quality of life in patients with functional dyspepsia: A double-blind randomized clinical trial by Ghoshegir SA1, Mazaheri M2, Ghannadi A3, Feizi A4, Babaeian M5, Tanhaee M3, Karimi M6, Adibi P7.(PubMed)(PMC)
(2) Pimpinella anisum in the treatment of functional dyspepsia: A double-blind, randomized clinical trial by Ghoshegir SA1, Mazaheri M2, Ghannadi A3, Feizi A4, Babaeian M5, Tanhaee M3, Karimi M6, Adibi P7.(PMC)
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