Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: In the late 1800s, treatment with thyroid extract caused dramatic improvement in patients with myxedema. Shortly thereafter, multiple other glandular extracts became available, both individually and in combinations. Their use gradually fell into disfavor, partly due to overpromotion by the manufacturers. The history of the use of thyroid, pancreatic, adrenal, thymus and liver extracts suggests that glandular extracts can be beneficial, especially when potential mechanisms of action and methods of preparation are considered.
Source: PubMed Central
Author: Linda L Isaacs
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4382181935