Assessment of the impacts of traditional Persian medical schemes and recommendations on functional chronic constipation compared to a classic medicine lactulose, a randomized clinical trial

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 325-331

  Emami Alorizi, Seyed Morteza ^a   Fattahi, Mohammad Reza ^b   Saghebi, Seyed Ahmad ^a   Salehi, Alireza ^c   Rezaeizadeh, Hossein ^d   Nimrouzi, Majid ^c   Zarshenas, Mohammad M ^e,f  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

clinical trial; constipation; lactulose; lifestyle modifications; Persian; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL CHRONIC CONSTIPATION; HARD FECES; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAINFUL DEFECATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL PERSIAN MEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMANS; IRAN; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945904111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15533840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jcim-2015-0013     Document Type: Article

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