Indian Gooseberry

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Thanakan Kitnithiprapha
Department of Thai Traditional Medicine and Alternative Medicine, Prapokklao Hospital
Panupong Sanasit
Department of Thai Traditional Medicine and Alternative Medicine, Prapokklao Hospital

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            Indian gooseberry is medium-sized perennial. In Thai traditional medicine, fruit of gooseberry was used to make the medicine. Fruit has sour and astringent for cough and expectorant properties. It is the major ingredient of gooseberry cough syrup recipe. It has antioxidant and antibacterial activity but no effect on fungi. The study of hypercholesterolemia patients treating was studied with goose berry extract versus placebo. The result is the group who received the Indian goose berry extract has a statistically significant. And the study in patients with non-erosive reflux disease was studied with Indian goose berry capsule versus placebo. It was found that who received the Indian goose berry capsule had a statistically significant.

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Vol. 39 No. 3 (2022): July – September
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Interesting Drugs
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