Efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine for the management of constipation: A systematic review

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1335-1346

  Lin, Li Wei ^a   Fu, Yuan Tsung ^b   Dunning, Trisha ^a   Zhang, Anthony Lin ^c   Ho, Tien Hui ^d   Duke, Maxine ^a   Lo, Sing Kai ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LACTULOSE; MOSAPRIDE CITRATE; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUPUNCTURE; BIANBIQING; BIANNAITONG CHA; BINGPIAN; CHANGLE PIAN; CHINESE MEDICINE; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGRONG TONGBIAN; CONSTIPATION; CONTROL GROUP; DAHUANG; DAZHONG; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBASE; EZHU; GUANYUAN; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTESTINE SOUND; JIAOXIN; LIUWEINENGXIAO; LOOSE FECES; MACROCEPHALAE; MAREN RUAN JIAONANG; MARENZIPI WAN; MARNE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MITONG; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QINGSHU; QIRONG RUNCHANG; REVIEW; RHIZOMA ATRACTYLODIS; RUNCHANG PIAN; RUNCHANG TONG; SANLENG; SENNAE FOLIUM; SHEN ZHU TAO REN TANG; SHIGUAN; SIDE EFFECT; SMOOTH MOVE TEA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIXI; TEA; THERAPY EFFECT; TIANSHU; TIAOCHANGTANG; TONG LE KE LI; TONGBIAN HEJI; TONGBIAN JIAONAN; TONGBIANLING; TONGBIANLING JIAONANG; TREATMENT DURATION; XEROSTOMIA; YI QI RUN CHANG GAO; YONGQUAN; ZHONGZHU; ZI NI WEN BU RUAN XIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONSTIPATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; SENNA PLANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73149104677     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0373     Document Type: Review

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