The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies to tell you what supplements affect Edema.
Full details on all Edema supplements are available to Examine members.
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Supplement |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Notes |
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Very High See all 5 studies |
There appears to be a decrease in edema associated with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), associated with the treatment of CVI by centella asiatica
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A decrease in edema has been noted with curcumin supplementation
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One study that used MSM as a placebo noted that there was an increase in edema relative to baseline; not known why.
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