Seasonal allergic rhinitis and the role of apitherapy.
Allergol Immunopathol (Madr)
; 48(6): 582-588, 2020.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Apitherapy represents a certain form of complementary and alternative medicine that uses bee products in combination with other methods from this field. One of the basic concepts of this type of medicine is that all diseases can be treated using apitherapy. This study was performed to assess the recommendations from authors of books on apitherapy regarding the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis and compare them to findings from the scientific literature.METHODS:
One hundred and twenty-nine books on apitherapy were analysed regarding recommendations for allergic seasonal rhinitis. Scientific evidence regarding the efficacy of using various bee products was searched via PubMed and JUSTfind.RESULTS:
Only 38.8% of the apitherapy books mentioned seasonal allergic rhinitis. Among these books, we found 29 different recommendations in favour of bee products and one against the use of honey. The most reasonable recommendation according to clinical studies on the subject, namely the use of a mix of honey and pollen, was only found once (0.8%).CONCLUSIONS:
The large discrepancies and number of different recommendations demonstrate that apitherapy is not a consistent type of medicine. The recommendations regarding seasonal allergic rhinitis in the vast majority of apitherapy books cannot be considered adequate when compared to the scientific findings.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal
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Apitherapy
Type of study:
Guideline
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Systematic_reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Allergol Immunopathol (Madr)
Year:
2020
Type:
Article