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Fatigue
Description
Caused by a wide variety of factors, fatigue is characterised
as a persistent feeling of tiredness. Usually a symptom
of an underlying disorder, fatigue can result from viral
or bacterial Infection, a suppressed Immune System, Depression,
a hormonal imbalance, oxidative Stress, and nutritional
deficiencies, among many others.
There are three basic
types of fatigue: acute, with a sudden onset and cured by
rest; chronic, which is a lasting fatigue and is most likely
a symptom of a more serious disorder; and muscular, which
results from working the muscles to exhaustion.
Herbs
Liquorice (3)
Ginkgo Biloba (7)
Ginseng (6)
Gotu Kola (5)
Nutritional Supplements
B Complex (2)
Brewer's Yeast
Calcium
Magnesium (1)
Niacin
Thiamin e (4)
L-tyrosine (8)
References
1. Cox IM, Campbell MJ, Dowson D. Red blood cell Magnesium
and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Lancet 1991;337:757-60.
2. Kaufman W. The use of vitamin therapy to reverse certain
concomitants of Aging. J Am Geriatr Soc 1955;3:927-36.
3. Baschetti R. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Liquorice.
New Z Med J 1995;108:156-57.
4. Suzuki M, Itokawa Y: Effects of Thiamin e supplementation
on exercise-induced fatigue, Metabolic Pr Brain Dis, 11(1),
March 1996, 95-106.
5. Ramaswamy AS, et al: Pharmacological studies on Centella
asiatica, Jour Res India Med, 1970, 4:160-75.
6. Bohn B, et al: Flow-cytometric studies with Eleutherococcus
senticosus extract as an immunomodulatory agent, Arzneimittel-Forsch,
1987, 37:1193-96.
7. Krieglstein J, et al: Influence of an extract of Ginkgo
biloba on cerebral blood flow and metabolism, Life Sci,
39(24), Dec 1986, p 2327-2334.
8. Mouret J, et al: Treatment of narcolepsy with L-tyrosine,
Lancet, 2(8626-8627), Dec 1988, p 1458-1459. |
