Traditional Chinese Medicine for treatment of alcoholism: From ancient to modern

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Liu, Qing ^a   Lawrence, Andrew J ^b   Liang, Jian Hui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alcohol Abuse; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; CHINESE DRUG; DAIDZIN; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE; DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUANGLIAN WENDAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; JIE JIU; JIEJIU JIEDU; KUDZU; PEDICULUS MELO EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PUERARIA LOBATA EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; DERMATORRHEA; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPODYNAMIA; LETHARGY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; WEAKNESS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ALCOHOLISM; CHINA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 78751471119     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X11008609     Document Type: Article

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