They tell him pennywort has not only ended their arthritic pains, but has helped cure skin complaints and relieve a variety of other ailments. Russ says that research overseas, particularly in Italy, has shown that pennywort has been clinically effective in treating many other complaints affecting various forms of connective tissue, including haemorrhoids and stomach ulcers. Sydney University founded the Herbal Medicine Research and Education Centre in the Department of Pharmacy in July, 1997. Three weeks later they wrote for a second copy, to distribute to other academics and arthritis researchers, so I must have got something right. Dr. Colin Duke, director of education programs at Sydney University's herbal medicines unit, says that while some people claim that gotu kola has completely cleared up their arthritis, he would not recommend dropping other treatments at this stage.
Gotu kola is a complementary rather than an alternative treatment to traditional therapy.
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