Effects of moxibustion for constipation treatment: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b   Choi, Tae Young ^a   Park, Ji Eun ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSTIPATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOXIBUSTION; REVIEW; SHAM PROCEDURE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 77955216407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-5-28     Document Type: Review

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