The treatment of menopausal symptoms by traditional East Asian medicines: Review and perspectives

Maturitas

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-130

  Scheid, Volker ^a   Ward, Trina ^a   Cha, Wung Seok ^b   Watanabe, Kenji ^c   Liao, Xing ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Kampo; Korean medicine; Menopause; Pattern differentiation; Personalised health care; Traditional Chinese medicine; Traditional East Asian medicine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANGELICA ROOT EXTRACT; BO TANG; BUSHENZHUANGGU; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; DAEJO HUAN; DANCHISOYOSAN; GOSHAJINKIGAN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INSAMYANG YEONGTANG; JUJUBE EXTRACT; KAMISHOYOSAN; KAMPO; KEISHI BUKURYO GAN; KIHITO; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; NYOSHINSAN; ON DAM TANG; PLACEBO; RAMBLING; REHMANNIA EXTRACT; SHAKUYAKU SAN; TK 061; TKK 25; TOKAKUJOKITO; TOKISHAKUYAKU SAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UNKEI TO; YISEONTANG GAMI; YUK MI JI HUANG TANG;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; KOREAN MEDICINE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; MENOPAUSE;

EID: 77952741429     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.11.020     Document Type: Review

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