Effect of STW 5 in an experimental model of esophagitis
MT Khayyal, H Abdel-Aziz, W Wadie, B Vinson, O Kelber · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2007 · Heft 09
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Zusammenfassung
Introduction: Functional dyspepsia involves, along with other symptoms, acid related symptoms like heartburn. Heartburn can also be the result of inflammatory changes of the esophageal mucosa, leading to an enhanced pain sensation. STW 5 (Iberogast), a phytomedicine used in functional gastrointestinal diseases, has shown to significantly alleviate symptoms of functional dyspepsia in several randomized controlled double blind studies, having a significant impact also on heartburn as a symptom. Therefore the effect in esophagitis, which can possibly be involved in the etiology of this symptom, was studied in a pha…