Efficacy of Sanfujiu to treat allergies: Patient outcomes at 1 year after treatment

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-246

  Tai, Chen Jei ^a,b   Chang, Chia Pei ^a   Huang, Chung Yu ^a   Chien, Li Yin ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Sanfujiu; Therapeutic effect; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANFUJIU; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 52449112664     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel082     Document Type: Article

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