Complementary and alternative medicine herbal therapies for atopic disorders

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 9 SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 47-51

  Zuckerman, Gary B ^a   Bielory, Leonard ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HI CHUM; JISIL; KUTKIN; LING GAN JIANG WEI XIN XIA REN TANG; PEPPERMINT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAIBOKU TO; SHO SEIRYU TO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WU HU TANG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASIA; ATOPY; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG INDICATION; EPHEDRA SINICA; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPAN; KOREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0037122431     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(02)01437-7     Document Type: Review

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