Hangekobokuto (Banxia-houpo-tang), a Kampo medicine that treats functional dyspepsia

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-378

  Oikawa, Tetsuro ^a   Ito, Go ^a   Hoshino, Takayuki ^a   Koyama, Hidehiko ^b   Hanawa, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal bloating; Aerophagia; Functional dyspepsia; Functional gastrointestinal disorders; Herbal medicine; Prokinetics

Indexed keywords

BANXIA HOUPO TANG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GINGER EXTRACT; HANGEKOBOKUTO; HOELEN EXTRACT; KAMPO; MAGNOLIA EXTRACT; PERILLA EXTRACT; PINELLIA EXTRACT; TJ 16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HOELEN; HUMAN; INTRAINTESTINAL GAS VOLUME; MALE; PERILLA; PINELLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 68849125945     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem101     Document Type: Article

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