Anemia-related hemogram, uterine artery pulsatility index, and blood pressure for the effects of four-agents-decoction (Si Wu Tang) in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 531-538

  Yeh, Lan Lan Liang ^a   Liu, Jah Yao ^b   Liu, Yu Shen ^c   Lin, Kao Si ^b   Tsai, Te Feng ^c   Wang, Li Hsiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; PLACEBO; SI WU TANG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSMENORRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; OVARY; TAIWAN; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67149101235     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0208     Document Type: Article

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