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The Effect of Hot Cataplasm With Caraway Oil in the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

NCT01418053 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2018-05-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a daily use of a Kneipp hot cataplasm with caraway oil is effective in the treatment of abdominal pain and complaints caused by Irritable bowel syndrome.

Conditions

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Interventions

DRUG

caraway oil

essential oil, Carum carvi, 2% dissolved in olive oil, 1 teaspoon with caraway oil used externally as inunction together with a hot cataplasm

DRUG

Olive oil

1 teaspoon with caraway oil used externally as inunction together with a hot or cold cataplasm as assigned

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universität Duisburg-Essen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jost Langhorst, MD, Prof · University Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Integrative Gastroenterology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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