Aloe vera has therapeutic effect on allergic rhinitis

Yu H, Dong Z, Yang Z. Molecular biological study of aloe vera in the treatment of experimental allergic rhinitis in rat. Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi. 16(5):229-31, 2002.

“OBJECTIVE: To study the therapeutic mechanism of aloe vera in allergic rhinitis (AR). CONCLUSION: The aloe vera are suggested to be involved in the differentiation of CD4+ lymphocytes, by means of regulating the expression of Th1 and Th2 cytokines. The results suggests that local aloe vera treatment was a selective and non-traumatic method to treat the allergic rhinitis.

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