Opinions on Kampo and reasons for using it - results from a cross-sectional survey in three Japanese clinics

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hottenbacher, Lydia ^a   Weißhuhn, Thorolf E R ^a   Watanabe, Kenji ^b   Seki, Takashi ^c   Ostermann, Julia ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^a,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kampo; Patient opinions; Survey

Indexed keywords

KAMPO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALLERGY; ANEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMMON COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYSTITIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; JAPANESE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NEURALGIA; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84878502150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-108     Document Type: Article

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