"The beneficial effectsof green tealasted foraweek, but with black tea, the effect wore off after a day," saidDrOkello, whosestudy appears in the journalphytotherapyResearch.
Another study, published in the journal Phytotherapy Research in March, tested BCM-95 in 45 patients at a medical center in India and found two capsules daily had "comparable" efficacy to diclofenac sodium, a prescription anti-inflammatory, on two separate rating scales for pain, tenderness and disease severity.