Hyperthyroidism treatment by alternative therapies based on cupping and dietary-herbal supplementation: a case report.
Taraxaf®
green barley grass
hyperthyroidism
royal jelly
wet-cupping
Journal
Drug metabolism and personalized therapy
ISSN: 2363-8915
Titre abrégé: Drug Metab Pers Ther
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101653409
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 Aug 2021
12 Aug 2021
Historique:
received:
21
04
2021
accepted:
09
06
2021
entrez:
13
8
2021
pubmed:
14
8
2021
medline:
14
8
2021
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Hyperthyroidism is characterized by increasing production of thyroid hormone (TH) and decreasing of thyroid stimulation hormone (TSH) secretion. The treatment of hyperthyroidism includes such as anti-thyroid drugs, radioiodine, and thyroidectomy have many side effects without complete curing results. We described a successful treatment of hyperthyroidism patient with dietary-herbal supplementation with wet cupping without any medicine. A 29-years female, blood analysis showed that she had low TSH (0.012 mlU/mL), and normal levels of T3 and T4. After completing 16 weeks on Carbimazole, TSH value still low (0.024 mlU/mL) and urticaria was appeared. She decided to stop Carbimazole and try alternative therapy choices. She received wet cupping and dietary-herbal supplementations (including royal jelly, green barley grass and Taraxaf Alternative therapy could be a beneficial choice for hyperthyroidism treatment without any side effects or complications under physician supervision.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34388334
pii: dmdi-2021-0132
doi: 10.1515/dmdi-2021-0132
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.
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