Len tak z dlhej chvile som googlil studie na semena prhlavy, kedze niekde som zachytil, ze pomahaju na ladviny.

Samozrejme existuju len slabsie 2-3 studie na potkanoch, z ktorych ziadna neskumala suvislost s ladvinami. Narazil som ale na krasny clanok, ktory z casti vystihuje moj pocit.

Can certain herbal medications treat chronic kidney disease (CKD)? Is alternative medicine the cure for CKD?

This is not a unique issue with nettle leaf. Pseudoscience infests the world wide web. From websites promising to reverse CKD with guarantees (I haven't met a single nephrologist who is that awesome!), before conveniently forwarding you to a page which sells the fix for $67, to miracle cures for hypertension/heart disease/obesity...you name it. In this fog of misinformation, do I expect my patients to be as critical as I was? I would love it if they are. But, often, that is simply not true. The internet is the wild west where anything goes. And the misinformation overload can convince pretty much every lay person, save for the occasional skeptic. Couple that with a very human instinct of looking at anything derived from plants or nature as "safe", and every compound obtained synthetically from chemicals as "strong" or "unnatural/unsafe/with side effects", and one begins to understand the lure of alternative/nature medicine. It is another matter that there are plenty of herbs out there that are obviously harmful (think monkshood, hemlock, jimson weed, etc). Finally, there often is an element of desperation...hey, I can't cure my CKD anyway, so might as well try this. Many patients fail to realize that this approach can really hurt their health.

A pre mna ako cloveka, pre ktoreho je skepticizmus len polka cesty k poznaniu vyvstava otazka - je nedostatok studii potvrdujucich / vyvracajucich ucinky tradicnej mediciny nejak riesitelny? Alebo sa proste musime uspokojit s tym, ze kedze tie studie nema kto zaplatit, tak navzdy zostane vacsia cast prirodnych preparatov iba quackery pre naivnych? Ako je mozne, ze zrovna prhlava, ktora je plevel vo vacsine Europy (aj daleko mimo nej), ma ako-tak preukazatelne siroke spektrum ucinkov (http://www.umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/stinging-nettle), nie je systematicky studovana? Alebo je to zas len moj zachvat idealizmu a mam si ist radsej zaliat prhlavovy caj?

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