Defining complementary and alternative medicine in allergies and asthma: Benefits and risks

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-103

  Heimall, Jennifer ^b   Bielory, Leonard ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Allergic conjunctivitis; Allergic rhinitis; Allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Complementary alternative medicine (CAM); Herbal remedies; Homeopathy; Liability and CAM

Indexed keywords

ALOE ARBORRESCENS EXTRACT; ATROPINE; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; BLACK TEA EXTRACT; BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; CAFFEINE; CHAMOMILE; COLEUS FORSKOHLII EXTRACT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT; EPHEDRINE; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HI CHUN; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; JISIL; METHYLXANTHINE; ONION EXTRACT; PLACEBO; SAIBOKU TO; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XIAO CHAI HU TANG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANURIA; ASTHMA; ATAXIA; ATOPY; ATROPA BELLADONNA; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; EDEMA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EUPHORIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEPATITIS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INSOMNIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUTH DISEASE; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMELANOSIS COLI; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STOMACH DISEASE; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA; THIRST; TREMOR; URINE RETENTION; VASCULITIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VOMITING;

EID: 14044279801     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/criai:27:2:093     Document Type: Review

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