エキナセアは,風邪の予防と治療に役立ちます
Marlies Karsch-Völk1, Bruce Barrett2, Klaus Linde1
1Institute of General Practice, Technische Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, München, Germany.
JAMA
|February 11, 2015
まとめ
エキナセア製品は,風邪の予防や期間短縮に有意な効果を示さない. しかし,探査分析では,エキナセアの使用により,風邪の発生率の潜在的小さな減少が示唆されています.
科学分野:
- 薬草医学の研究について
- 感染症の疫学について
背景:
- 風邪は広範囲に広がるウイルス感染症です.
- エキナセアは,風邪の予防と治療に使用されることが多い人気のあるハーブレディです.
研究 の 目的:
- プラセボと比較して,普通風邪の発生率と期間を減らすためのエキナセア製品の有効性を評価する.
主な方法:
- 個々の予防と治療試験の体系的なレビューとメタ解析.
- エキナセア群とプラセボ群のアウトカムの比較.
主要な成果:
- 個別予防試験では,エキナセア製品と風邪予防の有意な関連性は示されなかった.
- 探索的メタアナリシスは,エキナセアの使用によって,風邪の発生率の潜在的,しかし小さな減少を示しました.
- 治療試験では,エキナセア製品と風邪の症状の短期間との関連は見つかりませんでした.
結論:
- 現在の証拠は,一般的な風邪の予防や治療期間のためにエキナセア製品をサポートしていません.
- 風邪の発生率に対する潜在的な控えめな影響を調査するために,さらなる研究が正当化されることがあります.
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