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The present study was part of a group randomized controlled trial in which 7th grade students were assigned to a yoga intervention or physical-education-as-usual. Sixteen students were randomly selected from the yoga condition to participate in one-on-one interviews. Qualitative analyses revealed 13 themes that were organized into two categories: Usability (student perceptions of the usefulness, learnability, and convenience of the yoga intervention) and Effect (student perceptions of the direct results of the yoga intervention). Students reported both positive and negative opinions of yoga, especially when making direct comparisons between yoga and physical education. Students had particularly positive opinions regarding the beneficial effects of yoga on stress, sleep, and relaxation. Student opinions regarding the effects of yoga on self-regulation, social interaction, substance use, and academic performance were also generally positive, although somewhat mixed. Results suggest that qualitative research shows promise for providing an in-depth perspective on the impact of mind-body interventions in schools.
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An evidence-based systematic review of goji (Lycium spp.) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Lycium , Adolescent , Adult , Animals , Child , Drug Interactions , Evidence-Based Medicine , Female , Food , Fruit/chemistry , Humans , Lactation , Lycium/adverse effects , Lycium/chemistry , MEDLINE , Medicine, Traditional , Phytochemicals/analysis , Phytochemicals/therapeutic use , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/administration & dosage , Plant Extracts/adverse effects , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Plant Leaves/chemistry , Plant Roots/chemistry , PregnancyABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of kudzu (Pueraria lobata) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Pueraria , Cooperative Behavior , Evidence-Based Medicine , Humans , Plant Extracts/pharmacologyABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa, Actaea racemosa) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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An evidence-based systematic review of chlorophyll by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Chlorophyll/therapeutic use , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Animals , Chlorophyll/pharmacology , Cooperative Behavior , Evidence-Based Medicine , Humans , Plant Extracts/pharmacologyABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of elderberry and elderflower (Sambucus nigra) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Flowers , Fruit , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Sambucus nigra , Cooperative Behavior , Evidence-Based Medicine , Humans , Plant Extracts/pharmacologyABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Citrus , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Cooperative Behavior , Evidence-Based Medicine , Humans , Plant Extracts/administration & dosage , Plant Extracts/pharmacologyABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of active hexose correlated compound (AHCC) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Adjuvants, Immunologic/therapeutic use , Basidiomycota/chemistry , Biological Products/therapeutic use , Dietary Supplements , Glucans/therapeutic use , Phytotherapy , Polysaccharides/therapeutic use , Adjuvants, Immunologic/adverse effects , Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology , Animals , Biological Products/adverse effects , Biological Products/pharmacology , Evidence-Based Medicine , Glucans/adverse effects , Glucans/pharmacology , Humans , Polysaccharides/adverse effects , Polysaccharides/pharmacologyABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Analgesics/therapeutic use , Dietary Supplements , Evidence-Based Medicine , Mitragyna/chemistry , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Plant Leaves/chemistry , Analgesics/adverse effects , Analgesics/chemistry , Analgesics/pharmacology , Animals , Antitussive Agents/adverse effects , Antitussive Agents/chemistry , Antitussive Agents/pharmacology , Antitussive Agents/therapeutic use , Dietary Supplements/adverse effects , Ethnopharmacology , Herb-Drug Interactions , Humans , Mitragyna/adverse effects , Plant Extracts/adverse effects , Plant Extracts/chemistry , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Plant Leaves/adverse effects , Psychotropic Drugs/adverse effects , Psychotropic Drugs/chemistry , Psychotropic Drugs/pharmacology , Psychotropic Drugs/therapeutic use , Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids/analysisABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of tongkat ali (Eurycoma longifolia) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Eurycoma , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Cooperative Behavior , Humans , Plant Extracts/adverse effects , Plant Extracts/pharmacologyABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of vitamin A by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated and reproducible grading rationale. This paper includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Evidence-Based Medicine , Vitamin A , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Developing Countries , Dietary Supplements , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Drug Interactions , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Nutrition Policy , Pregnancy , Vitamin A/adverse effects , Vitamin A/pharmacology , Vitamin A/therapeutic use , Vitamin A Deficiency/drug therapy , Vitamin A Deficiency/epidemiology , Vitamin A Deficiency/prevention & controlABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of vanadium by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Outcome Assessment, Health Care , Trace Elements/therapeutic use , Vanadium/therapeutic use , Drug Administration Schedule , Drug Interactions , Humans , Medicine, Traditional , Trace Elements/adverse effects , Trace Elements/pharmacology , Vanadium/adverse effects , Vanadium/pharmacologyABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of acai (Euterpe oleracea) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Arecaceae , Evidence-Based Medicine , Outcome Assessment, Health Care , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Humans , Plant Extracts/adverse effects , Plant Extracts/pharmacologyABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of cinnamon (Cinnamomum spp.), including written and statistical analysis of scientific literature, expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing, by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration is discussed in this monograph.
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Cinnamomum , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Cinnamomum/adverse effects , Humans , Medicine, Traditional , Plant Extracts/adverse effects , Plant Extracts/pharmacologyABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to evaluate the scientific evidence on stevia, including expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing. This review serves as a clinical support tool. Electronic searches were conducted in 10 databases, 20 additional journals (not indexed in common databases), and bibliographies from 50 selected secondary references. No restrictions were placed on the language or quality of the publications. All literature collected pertained to efficacy in humans, dosing, precautions, adverse effects, use in pregnancy and lactation, interactions, alteration of laboratory assays, and mechanisms of action. Standardized inclusion and exclusion criteria were used for selection. Grades were assigned using an evidence-based grading rationale. Based on the availability of scientific data, two indications are discussed in this review: hypertension and hyperglycemia. Evaluation of two long-term studies (1 and 2 years in length, respectively) indicates that stevia may be effective in lowering blood pressure in hypertensive patients, although data from shorter studies (1-3 months) did not support these findings. A pair of small studies also report positive results with respect to glucose tolerance and response, although the relatively low methodological rigor of these experiments limits the strength of these findings. Further investigation is warranted in both indications.
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Evidence-Based Medicine , Plant Preparations/pharmacology , Plant Preparations/therapeutic use , Stevia , Animals , Blood Pressure/drug effects , Drug Interactions , Humans , Hypertension/drug therapy , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/adverse effects , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Plant Preparations/adverse effects , Stevia/adverse effects , Stevia/chemistry , Sweetening Agents/adverse effects , Sweetening Agents/pharmacologyABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review, including written and statistical analysis of scientific literature, expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
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Pelargonium , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Humans , Medicine, Traditional , Pelargonium/adverse effects , Plant Extracts/adverse effects , Plant Extracts/pharmacologyABSTRACT
An evidence-based systematic review of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), including written and statistical analysis of scientific literature, expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.
