Traditional Chinese medicine herbal preparations in restless legs syndrome (RLS) treatment: A review and probable first description of RLS in 1529

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 509-518

  Yan, Xue ^a,b   Wang, Wei Dong ^b   Walters, Arthur S ^a   Wang, Qi ^c   Liu, Yan Jiao ^b   Chu, Fu Yong ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AFFILIATED TO CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese herbs; Clinical trial; Decoction; Restless legs syndrome (RLS); Traditional Chinese medicine; Treatment efficacy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPRAZOLAM; ANGELICA ROOT EXTRACT; BENSERAZIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUFLOMEDIL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ESTAZOLAM; HEPARIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INOSITOL; LEVODOPA; METHYLPHENIDATE; PHENYTOIN; ROPINIROLE; THIAMINE; VASODILATOR AGENT; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACHYRANTHES BIDENTATA; ACUPUNCTURE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE; FEVER; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FRUIT; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM DISORDER; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCLE SPASM; PLANT ROOT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PORIA COCOS; PREGNANCY; RADIX CODONOPSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEARCH ENGINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHINA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 84867214536     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2012.01.003     Document Type: Review

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