Traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of fibromyalgia: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-409

  Cao, Huijuan ^a   Liu, JianPing ^a,b   Lewith, George T ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BAISHAO ZONGDAI; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHINESE DRUG; DOXEPIN; FLAVONE; GAMMA ORYZANOL; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; JIAWEI XIAOYAO; MELOXICAM; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE; THIAMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZHENG QING FENG TONG NING; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ERYTHEMA; EVENING DOSAGE; FIBROMYALGIA; HAND EDEMA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN DISCOMFORT; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA; ANALGESIA; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; PAIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PAIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77951972130     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0599     Document Type: Article

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