Case report: Jin bu huan - Not so benign herbal medicine

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 48, Issue OCT., 2002, Pages 1640-1642

  Divinsky, Miriam ^a,b  

^a University of Toronto in Ontario ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; BORAGE; CHAPARRAL EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; COMFREY EXTRACT; CROTALARIA EXTRACT; ERYTHROMYCIN; HALOTHANE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISONIAZID; ISOTRETINOIN; JIN HU BUAN; KETOCONAZOLE; NEFAZODONE; NICOTINIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PENNYROYAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RETINOL; SALICIN; SASSAFRAS EXTRACT; SENECIO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALERIAN; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; WILLOWBARK;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLTSFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANDER; GRAVES DISEASE; HEPATITIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIVER TOXICITY; NAUSEA; PRURITUS; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036810546     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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