Ayurvedic medicine for rheumatoid arthritis

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Basnyat, Shristi ^a   Kolasinski, Sharon L ^a  

^a Division of Rheumatology Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Education and Research Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic medicine; RA; Rheumatoid arthritis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT; BOSWELLIA SERRATA EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; LINUM USITATISSIMUM EXTRACT; METHOTREXATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PREDNISOLONE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AYURVEDA; BLACK PEPPER; BOSWELLIA SERRATA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMIPHORA; CURCUMA LONGA; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FENUGREEK; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIFESTYLE; LINSEED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; PHYTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902225686     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-014-0435-6     Document Type: Note

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