Complementary therapy in allergic rhinitis

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-125

  Resnick, Elena S ^b   Bielory, Brett P ^b   Bielory, Leonard ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS EXTRACT; BIMINNE; BIRCH POLLEN EXTRACT; CETIRIZINE; CHINESE DRUG; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFLORA EXTRACT; FEXOFENADINE; GALPHIMIA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; GRAPE SEED EXTRACT; GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT; LUFFA COMPOSITUM EXTRACT; LYCOPUS LUCIDUS EXTRACT; PETASITES HYBRIDUS EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; RCM 101; ROSMARINIC ACID; SHO SEIRYU TO; SHU BI LIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; AYURVEDA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LUFFA; LUFFA COMPOSITUM; LYCOPUS; LYCOPUS LUCIDUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSEUDOHYPERALDOSTERONISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 42149127101     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-008-0021-y     Document Type: Review

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