Traditional East Asian Herbal Medicine for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to analyze and summarize the existing evidence regarding herbal medicine treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Studies on herbal medicine treatment in patients with ALS were searched within English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean databases up to July 31, 2021. In the selected studies, we collected the following information: the first author, year of publication, country, language, study methodology, sample size, demographic characteristics of the study participants, disease duration, diagnostic criteria, treatment method, treatment periods, evaluation tools, results, and side effects. The organized data were classified and analyzed narratively. This study included 59 studies. The first clinical study on the effect of herbal medicine was published in 1995; more

SUBMITTER: Suh WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8668313 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature