EPs® 7630-solution - an effective therapeutic option in acute and exacerbating bronchitis

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 65-68

  Matthys, H ^a   Heger, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Clinical Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute and exacerbating bronchitis; EPs 7630; Herbal medicine; Pelargonium sidoides; Umckaloabo

Indexed keywords

EPS 7630; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UMCKALOABO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; WHEEZING; ACUTE DISEASE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PELARGONIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846870335     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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