Use of Chinese herbal products in Oakland and San Francisco Chinatowns

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 688-694

  Cheng, Jennifer ^a   Lee, Peggy ^a   Li, Joycelyn ^a   Dennehy, Cathi E ^a,b   Tsourounis, Candy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Medical Center and Associate Clinical UCSF School of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BUK KEI; CORTICOSTEROID; DONG SUM; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LITHIUM; LYCIUM EXTRACT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; QING BU LIANG; SAY MEI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN; YAM EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CARCINOGENICITY; CHILD CARE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATE (FRUIT); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GYNECOMASTIA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSOMNIA; LYCIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MASTALGIA; NERVOUSNESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; YAM; ASIAN AMERICAN; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAN FRANCISCO; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3042704653     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/61.7.688     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Eisenberg DM, Davis RB, Ettner SL et al. Trends in alternative medicine use in the United States, 1990-1997. JAMA. 1998; 280:1569-75.
2. Ehling D. Oriental medicine: an introduction. Altern Ther Health Med. 2001; 7(4):71-82. [Erratum, Altern Ther Health Med. 2001; 7(5):22.]
3. Ehling D. Oriental medicine: an introduction. Altern Ther Health Med. 2001; 7(4):71-82. [Erratum, Altern Ther Health Med. 2001; 7(5):22.]
4. Wang C. Traditional Chinese medicine in Chinese-American communities, 1996. www.camsociety.org/issues/Attitudes.htm (accessed 2003 Dec 10).
5. Kleinman A, Kunstader P, Alexander ER et al. Medicine in Chinese cultures. Washington, DC: National Institutes of Health; 1976:152-5.
6. Chan K, Cheung L. Interactions between Chinese herbal medicinal products and orthodox drugs. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic; 2000:3.
7. Young G. The wisdom of the Chinese kitchen: classic family recipes for celebration and healing. New York: Simon & Schuster; 1999:191-5.
8. Jellin J, ed. Natural medicines: comprehensive database. Stockton, CA: Therapeutic Research Faculty; 2000:96, 360,380-1,442,483-7,620,681-2,1112.
9. Bensky D. Chinese herbal medicine: materia medica, rev. ed. Seattle: Eastland; 1993;320,329-30,333.
10. Zhu YP. Chinese materia medica: chemistry, pharmacology and application. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic; 1998:562.
11. Huang KC. The pharmacology of clinical herbs. 2nd ed. New York: CRC; 1999:243.
12. U.S. Census Bureau. American fact finder. San Francisco: 1053 Stockton St., San Francisco, CA 94108, Oakland: 388 Ninth St, Suite 290, Oakland, CA 94607. http://factfinder.census.gov (accessed 2003 Dec 15).
13. Rotblatt M, Ziment I. Evidence-based herbal medicine. Philadelphia: Hanely & Belfus; 2002:387-95.
14. Klasco RK, ed. AltMedDex system. Greenwood Village, CO: Thomson Micromedex. Edition expires 2004 Mar.
15. Coon JT, Ernst E. Panax ginseng: a systematic review of adverse events and drug interactions. Drug Saf. 2002; 25:323-44.
16. Lam AY, Elmer GW, Mohutsky MA. Possible interactions between warfarin and Lycium barbarum L. Ann Pharmacother. 2001; 35:1199-201.
17. Ma GX. Between two worlds: the use of traditional and Western health services by Chinese immigrants. J Community Health. 1999; 24:421-37.