Effectiveness of herbal medicine (Rokumigan and Hachimijiogan) for fatigue or loss of energy in patients with partial remitted major depressive disorder

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 610-612

  Yamada, Kazuo ^a,d   Yagi, Gohei ^b   Kanba, Shigenobu ^c  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hachimijiogan; Major depressive disorder; Partial remission; Rokumigan; Shofuku fujin

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUVOXAMINE; HACHIMIJIOGAN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MIANSERIN; MILNACIPRAN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; ROKUMIGAN; SULPIRIDE; TECIPTILINE; TRAZODONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; DYSPEPSIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 28844484110     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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