A novel treatment for constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome using Padma®Lax, a Tibetan herbal formula

Digestion

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-171

  Sallon, Sarah ^a   Ben Arye, Eran ^a   Davidson, Roni ^a   Shapiro, Haim ^a   Ginsberg, Gary ^a   Ligumsky, Moshe ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Constipation; Constipation predominant irritable bowel syndrome; Irritable bowel syndrome; Padma Lax

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PADMA LAX; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; CONSTIPATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0036061061     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064936     Document Type: Article

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