Comparitive evaluation of different systems of medicines and the present scenario of chikungunya in Kerala

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 443-447

  Dilip, C ^a   Saraswathi, R ^a   Krishnan, P N ^a   Azeem, A K ^a   Raseena, ^a   Azeez, Abdul ^a   Ramya, ^a   jose, Jaywin ^a  

^a AL SHIFA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Outbreak; Systems of medicine

Indexed keywords

AMRUTHADIGUGGULU; AMRUTHOTHARAM KASHAYAM; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BERUENNA OIL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RASNAERANDA KWATHA CHURNA; STEROID; SUDARSHANA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANATHULASI PATRA; VETTUMARAN GULIKA; VILWADI GULIKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE PAIN; ARNICA MONTANA; ARS ALB; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATROPA BELLADONNA; AYURVEDA; BRYONIA; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDEMIC; EUPATORIUM; FEMALE; FEVER; GELSIMIUM; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CENTER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE; LEDUMPAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYALGIA; MYOCARDITIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POISON IVY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VOMITING; WRIST; WRIST PAIN;

EID: 77953998838     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60106-X     Document Type: Article

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