Treating gynaecological disorders with traditional Chinese medicine: A review

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 494-517

  Zhou, Jue ^a   Qu, Fan ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM); Gynaecological disorders; Review; Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Indexed keywords

AIFU NUANGONG WAN; BA ZHEN TANG; BAO YIN JIAN; BUSHEN GUCHONG WAN; BUZHONG YIQI TANG; CANGFU DAOTAN WAN; CHAIHU; DABUYUAN JIAN; DANGGUI YIN ZI; ER ZHI WAN; GEXIA ZHUYU TANG; GUBEN ZHIBENG TANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JIAO AI TANG; LIUWEI DIHUANG TANG; LONGDAN XIEGAN TANG; QI GONG WAN; QIJU DIHUANG TANG; QINGRE GUJING TANG; SHAOFU ZHUYU TANG; SHENG HUA TANG; SHUGAN SAN; SI WU TANG; TIAO GAN TANG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WAN DAI TANG; WEN JING TANG; XIAO YAO SAN; XIAOCHAIHU TANG; XUEFU ZHUYU TANG;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; METRORRHAGIA; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINITIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349446259     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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