Occurrence of Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix) in prescriptions of Chinese herbal medicine in Switzerland

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 242-246

  Klein, Sabine D ^a,b   Becker, Simon ^b,c   Wolf, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine   (Switzerland)

^c Lian Chinaherb AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bupleuri radix; Chinese herbal medicine; Switzerland; Xiao yao san

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BUPLEURUM; CHEMISTRY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG COMBINATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; SWITZERLAND;

BUPLEURUM; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTIONS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84868667649     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343506     Document Type: Article

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