| Disease | AN OPEN TRIAL WITH HERPESTIS, CONDUCTED IN INDIA ON 35 ADULTS PATIENTS WITH ANXIETY NEUROSIS. THE DOSE WAS 12 G PER DAY OF THE DRIED PLANT IN SYRUP FORM, FOR FOUR WEEKS. CONCENTRATION AND IMMEDIATE MEMORY SPAN WERE BOTH SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED
(P>0.05 AND ->0.01, RESPECTIVELY). ON-THE-JOB MENTAL FATIGUE, MEASURED AS TOTAL WORK OUTPUT AND ERRORS COMMITTED PER UNIT TIME, ALSO WAS IMPROVED (P>0.001). OTHER MAJOR SYMPTOMS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED, INCLUDING NERVOUSNESS, PALPITATION,
INSOMNIA, HEADACHE, TREMORS, AND IRRITABILITY. THE MEAN TOTAL ANXIETY LEVEL WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED (P>0.05). MEAN MALADJUSTMENT LEVEL ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED (P>0.01), AS DID THE DISABILITY LEVEL (P>0.05). IN SOME CASES, DISABILITY
STATUS WAS OVERCOME. SIDE-EFFECTS WERE MINOR AND NOT CLINICALLY IMPORTANT. |