Chinese medicine for menopausal syndrome: Current status, problems and strategies

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 889-892

  Wang, Xiao Yun ^a   Nie, Guang Ning ^a   Yang, Hong Yan ^a   Zong, Li Li ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; Complementary and alternative medicine; Herbal medicine; Menopausal syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KUPPERMAN INDEX; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE RATING QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOMATICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TAI CHI; DRUG EFFECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MENOPAUSE; SYNDROME;

EID: 84859890248     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-011-0931-8     Document Type: Article

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