There are many individuals with hypothyroidism. Most patients are on a conventional medicine called Levothyroxine ( Synthroid, Tirosint ) This is the standard of care. I use these medications usually as the brand names and not the generic. Sometimes I use natural thyroid as nature thyroid, west thyroid, WP thyroid and even armour thyroid. These are also prescribed by a physician MD. I even use thyroid glandulars which do not have be prescribed by a medical doctor.
There recently was a study in Iran involving 60 hypothyroid patients on levothyroxine with normal blood TSH ( thyroid stimulating hormone ) levels. In double blind fashion 500 mg of ginger ( Zingaber officinalis) powder was given twice a day to patients
Compared to placebo , the ginger group had signifacant kess hypothyroid symptoms as dry skin, memory loss, appetite etc. I was thrilled to read this report.
However, there were significant questions raised about baseline TSH data, recruitment and dates . As always these discrepancies need to be looked at and the data needs to be reviewed for accuracy.
This type of study needs to be repeated by another group and the data needs to be studied.
Until tomorrow…