Chinese Herbal Products for Ischemic Stroke

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1365-1379

  Hung, I Ling ^a   Hung, Yu Chiang ^a,b   Wang, Lin Yi ^a   Hsu, Sheng Feng ^c,d   Chen, Hsuan Ju ^d   Tseng, Ying Jung ^a   Kuo, Chun En ^a   Hu, Wen Long ^a,e,f   Li, Tsai Chung ^d,g  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese Herbal Products; Couplet Medicinal; Ischemic Stroke; Pharmaco Epidemiology; Prescription Pattern

Indexed keywords

BU YANG HUAN WU TANG; DU HUO JI SHENG TANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUANG QI WU WU TANG; JI XUE TENG; LIU WEIDI HUANG WAN; MA ZI REN WAN; PANAX NOTOGINSENG EXTRACT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; SAN QI; SHI CHANG PUA; SHU JIN HUO XUE TANG; TIAN MA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XUE FU ZHU YU TANG; YUAN ZHI; BU-YANG-HUAN-WU-TANG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRESCRIPTION; RISK FACTOR; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; TAIWAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; UTILIZATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRESCRIPTIONS; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84949725032     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X15500779     Document Type: Article

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