Effect of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing yin, supplementing qi, and activating blood on reproductive endocrine activity and immune functions in patients with primary Sjogren’s syndrome

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 778-783

  Wu, Guo Lin ^a   Wu, Na Yuan ^a   Li, Tian Yi ^b   Fan, Yong Sheng ^b   Yu, Guo You ^a   Lu, Wen Wen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

activating blood; Chinese herbal medicine; disease activity; nourishing yin; primary Sjogren s syndrome; reproductive endocrine immune network; supplementing qi

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; ESTRADIOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 4; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERFERON GAMMA (1-39); PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; TABLET;

ACTIVATING BLOOD; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOURISHING YIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SUPPEMENTING QI; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TH1 TH2 BALANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; RANDOMIZATION; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TABLET;

ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TABLETS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84945956876     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-015-2323-y     Document Type: Article

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