Comparison of effects of vitamin E and Wen-jing-tang (Unkei-to), An herbal medicine, on peripheral blood flow in post-menopausal women with chilly sensation in the lower extremities: A randomized prospective study

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 969-979

  Ushiroyama, Takahisa ^a   Sakuma, Kou ^b   Nosaka, Sakura ^b  

^a AINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chill sensation; Laser doppler fluxmetry; Peripheral blood flow; Vitamin E; Wen jing tang

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANGELICA EXTRACT; CHUAN XIONG; CINNAMON EXTRACT; EVODIA FRUIT; GELATIN; GINGER EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; OPHIOPOGON ROOT; PAEONIA EXTRACT; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA EXTRACT; PINELLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNKEI TO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARK; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PINELLIA; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TUBER; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHIZOME; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN SURFACE;

ADULT; CHILLS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 33845546970     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X06004442     Document Type: Article

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