The therapeutic effect of modified Yu Ping Feng San on idiopathic sweating in end-stage cancer patients during hospice care

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-366

  Chiu, Shih Che ^a   Lai, Yuen Liang ^a,b   Chang, Hen Hong ^c   Chang, Kou Hwa ^a,d   Chen, Shun Ting ^a   Liao, Hui Fen ^e   Chen, Yu Yawn ^f   Chen, Yu Jen ^a,b,g  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Mackay Junior School of Nursing   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (Taiwan)

^g CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Hospice; Idiopathic sweating; Yu ping feng san

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YU PING FENG SAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCREASED APPETITE; MALE; NAUSEA; REMISSION; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SWEATING; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SWEATING;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 61449171008     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2633     Document Type: Article

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