Effects of the Kampo medication keishibukuryogan on blood pressure in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-152

  Terauchi, Masakazu ^a   Akiyoshi, Mihoko ^a   Owa, Yoko ^a   Kato, Kiyoko ^a   Obayashi, Satoshi ^a   Kubota, Toshiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Hypertension; Kampo medicine; Keishibukuryogan; Menopause

Indexed keywords

KEISHI BUKURYO GAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILL; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRRITABILITY; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEATING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 79960160035     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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