Borage oil has little effect on eczema
A popular alternative treatment for eczema called Starflower oil has little impact on the condition, doctors say. Patients who received the extract fared no better than those who try a drug placebo experiments found. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, is also bad news for those using evening primrose oil to combat eczema. It shares the same ingredient as borage oil, but in different concentrations. Borage oil is actually an extract of borage, a herb that grows in the United Kingdom. E has been suggested that this may have an anti-inflammatory that may alleviate the symptoms of eczema.Doctors give steroids are looking for alternatives to potentially dangerous steroid treatments for eczema. The study was conducted by George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton, and
involved 151 patients, half oil and half given placebo Starflower. After 12 weeks, their eczema symptoms - rashes - were examined for the presence of signs of improvement. There was a slight improvement in borage oil group - but more improvement was noted between the placebo group who received the herb or medicine at all.There is no evidence that borage oil is a smaller amount of steroids as a result of. The conclusion was a plain - the linolenic acid, the main active ingredient, it was not an advantage. Debate Professor Hywel Williams of the Center for Evidence-Based Dermatology at the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, said the studys biggest and best in the field of gamma-linolenic acid, an ingredient of evening primrose oil and borage oil evening there is convincing
evidence performance against dermatitis.Nobody would be happier than me if evening primrose oil is of great clinical benefit for patients who creates eczema. But the history of its development has been clouded by the lack of public data. He added: Good evening primrose oil story, perhaps we can wake up in a world in which all data from clinical studies of people attaining good enough for these studies, the volunteers,
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