Characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based study

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 176, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-16

  Huang, Ming Cheng ^a,b   Pai, Fu Tzu ^c   Lin, Che Chen ^b   Chang, Ching Mao ^c,d   Chang, Hen Hong ^a,b   Lee, Yu Chen ^a,b   Sun, Mao Feng ^a,b   Yen, Hung Rong ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

complementary and alternative medicine; National health insurance research database; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rhizoma Corydalis; Shang Jong Shiah Tong Yong Tong Feng Wan; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BAN XIA XIE XIN TANG; DANG GUI NIAN TONG TANG; FRANKINCENSE; GUI ZHI; GUI ZHI SHAO YAO ZHI MU TANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUANG BO; JI XUE TENG; JIA WEI XIAO YAO SAN; LIU WEI DI HUANG WAN; MU GUA; MYRRHA; NIU XI; PING WEI SAN; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; SANG ZHI; SHANG JONG SHIAH TONG YONG FENG WAN; SHO SEIRYU TO; SHU JING HUO XIE TANG; TIAN WANG BU XIN DAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WEI LING XIAN; XIAO CHAI HU TANG; XIAO HUO LUO DAN; YAN HU SUO; YI YI REN; ZUO GUI WAN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAULIS SPATHOLOBI; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTEX PHELLODENDRI; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FRUCTUS CHAENOMELIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RADIX ACHYRANTHIS BIDENTATAE; RADIX CLEMATIDIS; RADIX SALVIAE MILTIORRHIZAE; RAMULUS CINNAMOMI; RAMULUS MORI; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SEMEN COICIS; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; TERMINAL DISEASE; URBANIZATION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CITIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947056017     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.10.024     Document Type: Article

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