Bojungikki-tang for cancer-related fatigue: A pilot randomized clinical trial

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-338

  Jeong, Jong Soo ^a   Ryu, Bong Ha ^a   Kim, Jin Sung ^a   Park, Jae Woo ^a   Choi, Won Cheol ^a   Yoon, Seong Woo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; Bojungikki tang; Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang; cancer; complementary therapy; fatigue; herbal medicine; Hochu ekki to; TJ 41; traditional Korean medicine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; CREATININE; UREA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH CANCER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649648931     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735410383170     Document Type: Article

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