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

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

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.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universität Duisburg-Essen

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome according to Rom-III

• Subtype Diarrhea or Alternating

• discomfort or pain > 1 times a week

• discomfort or pain > 4 on a Visual Analog Scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inflammatory bowel diseases (test results necessary)

• Lactose, Fructose Malabsorption (test results necessary)

• Celiac Disease

• Pregnancy or Breastfeeding

• Colectomy or Hemicolectomy >50cm

• Severe metabolic disorders, hormonal disorders, cardiac or respiratory failure, liver or renal diseases

• severe depression, psychotic or psychiatric disorders, substance abuse

• cancer within the last 5 years

• allergy to caraway

• acute inflammatory diseases