Herbal interventions for chronic asthma in adults and children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-314

  Clark, Christopher E ^a   Arnold, Elizabeth ^b   Lasserson, Toby J ^b   Wu, Taixiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Complementary; Herbal; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BORAGE OIL; BOSWELLIC ACID; CINEOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEVADARU; DING CHUAN TANG; GINKGOLIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JIA WEI SI JUN ZI TANG; LIU WEI DI HUANG WAN; MAI MEN DONG TANG; MENTHOL; PLACEBO; PRIMROSE OIL; PULMOFLEX; PYCNOGENOL; SAIBOKU TO; SALBUTAMOL; SHEN LING BIA SHU SAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGEUSIA; ASTHMA; BOSWELLIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTRIC HYPERACIDITY; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGER; HEARTBURN; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS; MOUTH PAIN; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PETASITES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYLOPHORA;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 77956080128     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2010.00041     Document Type: Review

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