Prescription patterns of Chinese herbal products for menopausal syndrome: Analysis of a nationwide prescription database

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1261-1266

  Chen, Hsing Yu ^b   Lin, Yi Hsuan ^b,c   Wu, Jau Ching ^a,d   Chen, Yu Chun ^a,e,f   Yang, Sien Hung ^b,c   Chen, Jiun Liang ^b,c   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chinese herbal products; Core formula; Couplet medicinal; Menopause; Pharmaco epidemiology; Prescription patterns

Indexed keywords

CORTEX ALBIZZIAE JULIBRISSIN EXTRACT; CORTEX EUCOMMIAE ULMOIDIS EXTRACT; CORTEX LYCII RADICIS EXTRACT; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES EXTRACT; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS EXTRACT; DAN ZHI XIAO YAO SAN; DIPSACUS ASPERI EXTRACT; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA EXTRACT; EPIMEDIUM EXTRACT; GAN MAI DA ZAO TAN; GAN MAI DA ZAO TANG; GUI PI TANG; HERBA ARTEMISIAE ANNUAE EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM EXTRACT; LIU WEI DI HUANG WAN; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA EXTRACT; PHELLODENDRON CHINENSE EXTRACT; POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM EXTRACT; QI JU DI HUANG WAN; RHIZOMA ANEMARRHENAE EXTRACT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; SCLEROTIUM PORIAE COCOS PARARADICIS EXTRACT; SEMEN ZIZIPHI SPINOSAE EXTRACT; SUAN ZAO REN TANG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XIAO YAO SAN; ZHI BAI DI HUANG WAN; ZHI BAIDI HUANG WAN; ZUO GUI WAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORTEX ALBIZZIAE JULIBRISSIN; CORTEX EUCOMMIAE ULMOIDIS; CORTEX LYCII RADICIS; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; DIPSACUS ASPERI; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; EPIMEDIUM; FALLOPIA MULTIFLORA; FEMALE; HERBA ARTEMISIAE ANNUAE; HUMAN; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA; PHELLODENDRON CHINENSE; PRESCRIPTION; RHIZOMA ANEMARRHENAE; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SCLEROTIUM PORIAE COCOS PARARADICIS; SEMEN ZIZIPHI SPINOSAE; TAIWAN;

DATA MINING; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SYNDROME; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

EID: 80054892901     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.07.053     Document Type: Article

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