Valerian/lemon balm use for sleep disorders during menopause

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 193-196

  Taavoni, S ^a   Nazem ekbatani, N ^a   Haghani, H ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Menopause; Sleep disorder; Valerian

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; VALERIAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER;

MENOPAUSE; SLEEP DISORDER; VALERIAN;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELISSA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; VALERIAN;

EID: 84887207094     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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