The Effect of Honey on Lessening the Withdrawal Symptoms

Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Withdrawal Symptoms; Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Honey; Dietary Supplement: Water

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05264428

P00001592

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project investigates the effect of honey on lessening the withdrawal symptoms according to the body constitution.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• the cessation clinic patients aged more than 18
• only take Champix for smoking cessation

Exclusion criteria

• diabetes, cancer, renal disease
• with wet and hot body constitution
• allergic to honey
• accepting traditional Chinese medicine intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants need to drink honey every day for four weeks.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Honey

Control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants need to drink water every day for four weeks.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Water