Treatment of climacteric symptoms with herbal formulas of traditional Chinese medicine

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 144-148

  Pan, Bochen ^a,b   Kato, Yasuhito ^a   Sengoku, Kazuo ^a   Takuma, Naoyuki ^a   Niizeki, Noriyasu ^a   Ishikawa, Mutsuo ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climacteric symptoms; Herbal formulas, climacteric symptoms; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Phytoestrogen; Traditional Chinese medicine, climacteric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD LIMB; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642619475     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076003     Document Type: Article

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