Chinese medicinal herbs for sore throat

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Shi, Y ^b   Gu, R ^b   Liu, C ^b   Ni, J ^b   Wu, Taixiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drugs, Chinese herbal *therapeutic use ; Humans; Pharyngitis *drug therapy ; Phytotherapy *methods ; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA ROOT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BORNEOL; BUPLEURUM ROOT; CHINESE DRUG; ERTONG QINGYAN JIERE JOUFUYE; FUFANG CAOSHANHU HANPIAN; FUFANG SHUANGHUA KOUFUYE; GENTAMICIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JIANGZHONG CAOSHANHU HANPIAN; JINHOU; MENTHOL; PAEONIA RADIX; PEPPERMINT; QINGANLAN LIYAN HANPIAN; QINGYAN LIHOU; SHUANGHUANGLIAN; SHUANGLIAP HOUFENG SAN; WUWEI SHAJI HANPIAN; YANHOULING;

AEROSOL; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ATRACTYLODES; CHINA; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRYSANTHEMUM; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG GRANULE; DRUG SAFETY; FLOWER; FORSYTHIA; FRUIT; GLYCYRRHIZA; GRAPE; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; HUMAN; JASMINE; LARYNGITIS; LONICERA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUSEA; OLIVE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TUBER; PLATYCODON; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; RHIZOME; SILKWORM; SORE THROAT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANGERINE; TONSILLITIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949199354     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004877.pub2     Document Type: Review

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