Traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of acute respiratory tract infections

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1093-1098

  Wu, Taixiang ^a   Yang, Xunzhe ^a   Zeng, Xiaoxi ^a   Poole, Phillippa ^b  

^a Chinese Cochrane Centre   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs); Bias; Effect; Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM); Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME PLUS FLUIMUCIL; ERTONG QINGYAN JIERE KOUFUYE EXTRACT; ESHUYOU EXTRACT; FUFANG CAOSHANHU HANPIAN EXTRACT; FUFANG SHUANGHUA KOUFUYE EXTRACT; GANMAO EXTRACT; GANMAO QINRE KOUFUYE EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KANGBINGDU KOUFUYE EXTRACT; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; QINGANLAN LIYAN HANPIAN EXTRACT; QINKAILING EXTRACT; QINWEN KELI EXTRACT; RIBAVIRIN; SANHAN JIERE KOUFUYE EXTRACT; SHIWEI LONGDANHUA KELI EXTRACT; SHUANGHUA PENWUJI EXTRACT; SHUANGHUANGLIAN QIWUJI EXTRACT; SUFENG GANMAO KOUFUYE EXTRACT; TANREQING EXTRACT; UNINDEXED DRUG; XIAO ER XIAOJI ZHIKE KOUFUYE EXTRACT; YANHOULING EXTRACT; YUXINGCAO EXTRACT;

BRONCHITIS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SORE THROAT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHITIS; COMMON COLD; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHARYNGITIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 47549085327     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.03.015     Document Type: Review

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