Effects of three Kampo formulae: Tokishakuyakusan (TJ-23), Kamishoyosan (TJ-24), and Keishibukuryogan (TJ-25) on Japanese peri- and postmenopausal women with sleep disturbances

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 284, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 913-921

  Terauchi, Masakazu ^a   Hiramitsu, Shiro ^a   Akiyoshi, Mihoko ^a   Owa, Yoko ^a   Kato, Kiyoko ^a   Obayashi, Satoshi ^a   Matsushima, Eisuke ^a   Kubota, Toshiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; East Asian traditional medicine; Herbal medicine; Kampo medicine; Menopause; Sleep initiation and maintenance disorders

Indexed keywords

KAMISHOYOSAN; KAMPO; KEISHI BUKURYO GAN; TJ 24; TOKISHAKUYAKU SAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAMISYOYO SAN; TOKI SHAKUYAKU SAN; TOKI-SHAKUYAKU-SAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSE RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; HOSPITALIZATION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855748816     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1779-4     Document Type: Article

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