Western healers in traditional Chinese medicine

EMBO Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-113

  Li, Xue Juan ^a   Zhang, Hong Yu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BERGAPTEN; CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CASSIA EXTRACT; GYPSUM FIBROSUM EXTRACT; LAXATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SALICYLIC ACID; SENNOSIDE A; SENNOSIDE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHRITIS; CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG STRUCTURE; EUROPE; GYPSUM FIBROSUM; HERBAL MEDICINE; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILLOW;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CHINA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHYSICIANS; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 38949094913     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401166     Document Type: Letter

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