Research · Systematic review
Herbal medicine for low-back pain
What it found
Devil's claw and willow bark gave short-term low-back-pain relief vs placebo; willow bark had moderate-quality evidence, with 240 mg salicin comparable to rofecoxib.
- Design
- Systematic review
- Year
- 2014
- Sample size
- 2,050
- Population
- adults with low back pain
- Intervention
- devil's claw, willow bark, cayenne, comfrey, others
- Outcome
- pain, function
- Journal
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.