Anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects of heat-clearing Chinese herbs: A current review

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-98

  Muluye, Rekik ^a,b   Bian, Yuhong ^a   Alemu, Paulos ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Antimicrobial activity; Heat clearing Chinese herbs; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898942996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22254110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2225-4110.126635     Document Type: Article

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