Mechanisms of Acupuncture and herbal medicine in hypertension

Asian Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 257-274

  Kim, David D ^a   Sanchez, Fabiola A ^a   Boric, Mauricio P ^b   Duran, Walter N ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary and alternative medicine; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Hypertension; Meridian theory; Nitric oxide; Radix salvia miltiorrhizae; Ramulus cum uncis uncariae

Indexed keywords

CORTEX MORIS ALBAE RADICIS EXTRACT; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FOLIUM CLERODENDRI TRICHOTOMI EXTRACT; HERBA SIEGESBECKIAE EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIX SALVIA MILTIORRHIZAE EXTRACT; RAMULUS CUM UNCIS UNCARIAE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHEEK POUCH; CHINESE HERB; DRUG EFFICACY; HAMSTER; HEMOSTASIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 70349316871     PISSN: 19057415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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