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Testing Medicinal Herbs
at Dilston Physic Garden

Would you like to volunteer for Medicinal Herb Trials?

We are planning to investigate if herbs have the effects indicated by traditional use and focus on plants for the mind, since so much of well-being depends an optimal state of mind. Rather than major multicentre trials involving objective measures, we plan to conduct small (but statistically valid) trials involving self-assessment i.e. using, as an outcome, individual subjective experience.

Such studies would involve volunteers of all ages (over 18) with normal mental health, taking a safe herbal preparation, once or twice a day for a week or two, and completing a self assessment form before and at the end of the trial period. According to best clinical practice, volunteers would be randomly divided into 2 groups, one taking the active agent and the other an inactive (placebo-like) with no one knowing which they are on (‘blind’). The results would be published in a peer reviewed scientific journal.

We would be most grateful if you would kindly complete this online questionnaire to help us design a useful and meaningful study:

Trials Questionnaire

Would you prefer to take a tea, tincture, essential oil or other preparation?
Other:
What aspect of mind/mental state do you consider most important to study?
(eg anxiety, sleep, mood (calm, alert), positive thinking, motivation, other)
Would you be willing to come to the Physic Garden for information on the study and to collect the herbal preparation and assessment forms?
How do you think such a trial should be regulated?
(Eg Local Ethics Committee approval, MHRA, other?)
Would you be happy to participate without expenses?
Would you be willing to provide certain personal details essential for analysing and reporting the data, such as age, any medication?
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