Hypertriglyceridemia treated with Fucus vesiculosus - A case series.

ABSTRACT: Hypertriglyceridemia is an independent risk factor of coronary heart disease (as established through various previously conducted studies) and it's rising incidence is creating a need for the immediate attention of it's management. Instead of focusing on the controversies involving the toxicity caused due to the long-term use of statin therapy in conventional mode of treatment, opting for a safer alternative system of treatment seems important. Five cases of diagnosed HTG, with triglyceride levels above 200 were treated with homoeopathic medicine - Fucus vesiculosus, in mother tincture form. The primary outcome measure was to evaluate the reduction in the blood triglyceride levels. All the five cases showed a reduction in triglyceride levels to normal range within 4 months of starting the

SUBMITTER: Ponnam HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8377178 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature