Moxibustion for treating menopausal hot flashes: A randomized clinical trial

Menopause

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 660-665

  Park, Ji Eun ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^a   Jung, Soyoung ^a   Kim, Aeran ^a   Kang, Kyungwon ^a   Choi, Junyong ^a   Park, Jongbae ^b   Choi, Sun Mi ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot flash; Menopausal symptoms; Moxibustion

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MOXIBUSTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOXIBUSTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68449086342     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318198cdf7     Document Type: Article

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