Alternative therapies for male and female sexual dysfunction

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-173

  Aung, Han H ^a,b   Dey, Lucy ^a,b   Rand, Victoria ^c   Yuan, Chun Su ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative therapies; Ginkgo; Ginseng; Herbal formulation; L arginine; Sexual dysfunction; Traditional Chinese medicine; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; LIMAPROST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUARA PUAMA EXTRACT; NICOTINIC ACID; PAPAVERINE; PIMPINELLA PRUACEN EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PROLACTIN; PROTODIOSCIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; TESTOSTERONE; TRAZODONE; TRIBESTAN; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TURNERA APHRODISIACA EXTRACT; TURNERA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; YOHIMBINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANISE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUARA PUAMA; NONHUMAN; ORGASM DISORDER; PIMPINELLA PRUACEN; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TURNERA; TURNERA APHRODISIACA; TURNERA DIFFUSA; VASODILATATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, HERBAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3543006033     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X04001837     Document Type: Review

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