Herbal medicines for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 652-659

  Soeken, K L ^a,b   Miller, S A ^a   Ernst, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Herbal medicine; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BOSWELLIA EXTRACT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CAPSAICIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTTON SEED OIL; CURCUMIN; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GINGER EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LINSEED OIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OLIVE OIL; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PRIMROSE OIL; REUMALEX; SAFFLOWER OIL; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHROPATHY; BACKACHE; BOSWELLIA; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; FLATULENCE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOINT STIFFNESS; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHINITIS; STOMATITIS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0141615949     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg183     Document Type: Review

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