Chinese herbal medicine for constipation: Zheng-based associations among herbs, formulae, proprietary medicines, and herb-drug interactions

Chinese Medicine (United Kingdom)

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zhong, Linda L D ^a   Zheng, Guang ^a,d   Ge, Li ^b   Lin, Cheng Yuan ^a   Huang, Tao ^a   Zhao, Ling ^a   Lu, Cheng ^a,c   Lu, Ai Ping ^a,c   Bian, Zhao Xiang ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BA ZHEN TANG; BICARBONATE; BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; CHINESE DRUG; DA HUANG; FAN XIE YIE; GAN SHEN YIN XU; GAN YU PI XU; HAN RE CUO ZA; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JI CHUAN JIAN; LACTULOSE; LIU WEI AN XIAO JIAO NANG; MA REN RUAN JIAO NANG; MA ZI REN WAN; PI SHEN YANG XU; PI XUE KUI XU; QI XUE LIANG XU; QI YIN LIANG XU; QI ZHI SHI RE; RUN CHANG WAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XU SHI JIA ZA; YIN XU CHANG ZAO; ZENG YE TANG;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; GENDER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN MEDICINE;

EID: 84975733545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13020-016-0099-4     Document Type: Review

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