Efficacy and safety of a traditional herbal medicine, hochu-ekki-to in the long-term management of Kikyo (Delicate Constitution) patients with atopic dermatitis: A 6-month, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-373

  Kobayashi, Hiromi ^a   Ishii, Masamitsu ^a   Takeuchi, Satoshi ^b   Tanaka, Yoichi ^c   Shintani, Takahiro ^d   Yamatodani, Atsushi ^e   Kusunoki, Tadashi ^f   Furue, Masutaka ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tanaka Clinic   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

(traditional) herbal medicine; atopic dermatitis; Hochu ekki to; Kampo medicine; randomized controlled trial; steroid; tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; EMOLLIENT AGENT; PLACEBO; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ACNE; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KIKYO; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; THIRST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77953822534     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nen003     Document Type: Article

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