Mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of allergic rhinitis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 756-760

  Guo, Hong ^a   Liu, Ming Qing ^b  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Allergic rhinitis; Comments; Immune modulation; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; OVALBUMIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CHINESE MEDICINE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 84874177999     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20121844     Document Type: Review

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