Efficacy of Habb-e-Shifa as pre-anaesthetic medication

This randomized, placebo controlled double blind study was conducted on 100 female patients undergoing open cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia. The patients received either oral Habb-e-Shifa or placebo for seven pre-operative days. Habb-e-Shifa was found to increase duration of sleep and reduced rate pressure, product pre-operatively. The drug reduced oral secretions during extubation of the trachea. Post operative analgesic requirement was significantly reduced