Herbal medications for common ailments in the elderly

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 423-428

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; PHENYTOIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SABAL EXTRACT; WARFARIN; YOHIMBINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRICS; HEADACHE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MICTURITION DISORDER; NAUSEA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; VALERIANA; VERTIGO;

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; GINKGO BILOBA; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; SERENOA REPENS; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0033380185     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199915060-00002     Document Type: Review

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