Ginseng and Reduced Cancer-Related Fatigue

• Meta-Analysis of Pharmacological, Nutraceutical and Phytopharmaceutical Interventions for the Treatment of Cancer Related Fatigue.

  • 2022-12-23
  • Review · n = 4,896
  • Cancers 15(1)
  • • Sriram Yennurajalingam
    • Zhanni Lu
    • Aline Rozman De Moraes
    • Nhu Nhu Tull
    • Michal J Kubiak
    • Yimin Geng
    • Clark R Andersen
    • Eduardo Bruera

  • PubMed: 36612088
  • DOI: 10.3390/cancers15010091

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Cancer-Related Fatigue

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  The meta-analysis did not show significant reduction of CRF with treatment with ... mistletoe (n = 3)

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

• Efficacy of ginseng oral administration and ginseng injections on cancer-related fatigue: A meta-analysis.

  • 2022-11-18
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Medicine 101(46)
  • • Huijing Li
    • Tianwen Hou
    • Shijiang Sun
    • Jing Huang
    • Xueqi Wang
    • Xi Liang
    • Tianhe Zhao
    • Jingnan Hu
    • Jianli Ge
    • Haiyan Bai
    • Jianming He

  • PubMed: 36401389
  • DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000031363

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Cancer-Related Fatigue

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  The order was 2000 mg/d, 3000 mg/d, 1000 mg/d and placebo from high efficacy to low. ... Six studies were included to evaluate efficacy of ginseng oral administration on CRF and the SMD was 0.29 (95% CI [0.15-0.42], P < .0001).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  2000 mg/day, 3000 mg/day, 1000 mg/day