Comparison between herbal medicine and fluoxetine for depression: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 674-684

  Ren, Yi ^a   Zhu, Chenjun ^b   Wu, Jianjun ^b   Zheng, Ruwen ^a   Cao, Huijaun ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese herbal medicine; Depression; Fluoxetine; Randomized controlled trial; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARECA EXTRACT; BAILONG JIEYU; BAJITIAN GUATANG; BUSHEN SHUGAN HUAYU; CHINESE DRUG; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; FLUOXETINE; JIAOANKANG; JIAWEI SINI; JIAWEI WENDAN; JIAWEI XIAOYAO; JIAWEI XIAOYAO SAN; JIEYU; JIEYU CHONGJI; JIEYU TUNGLUO; KEXINSHU; PLACEBO; ROUGAN GUIHUN; SHUGAN NINGXIN; SHUYU NINGSHEN; SHUYU YIQING; SHUYUSAN; TONGLUO XIAOYU; TONGQIAO JIEYU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WENDAN JIEYU; XIAOYAO; XINYUE; YUEJU BAOHE; ZHIZICHI; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACORUS; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ARTICLE; ATRACTYLODES; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; BUPLEURUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSTIPATION; CURCUMA; DECREASED APPETITE; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EVENING DOSAGE; FATIGUE; GARDENIA; GLYCYRRHIZA; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HEADACHE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INCIDENCE; INCREASED APPETITE; INSOMNIA; LOSS OF APPETITE; MASTALGIA; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; MORNING DOSAGE; NAUSEA; PAEONIA; PARALLEL DESIGN; PINELLIA; PORIA; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941647084     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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