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  1. The fruit of Hylocereus polyrhizus, also known as red pitaya, and buah naga in Malay, is one of the tropical fruits of the cactus family, Cactaceae. Red pitaya has been shown to protect aorta from oxidative damag...

    Authors: Nurul Shazini Ramli, Lindsay Brown, Patimah Ismail and Asmah Rahmat
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:189
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  2. Berberine is known to improve glucose and lipid metabolism disorders, but it poorly absorbed into the blood stream from the gut. Therefore, the exact underlying mechanism for berberine is still unknown. In thi...

    Authors: Qian Zhang, Xinhua Xiao, Ming Li, Wenhui Li, Miao Yu, Huabing Zhang, Fan Ping, Zhixin Wang and Jia Zheng
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:188
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  3. Acupuncture is commonly used to reduce pain during labour despite contradictory results. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture with manual stimulation and acupuncture with combi...

    Authors: Linda Vixner, Erica Schytt, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Ulla Waldenström, Hans Pettersson and Lena B Mårtensson
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:187
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  4. Electroacupuncture (EA) is one of the techniques of acupuncture and is believed to be an effective alternative and complementary treatment in many disorders. The aims of this study were to investigate the effe...

    Authors: Mei-fang Peng, Kun Li, Chao Wang, Xiao-yan Zhu, Zheng Yang, Guo-hu Zhang, Pei-hong Wang, Yong-hua Wang, Li-jun Tang and Lin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:186
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  5. Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies due to difficulty in adhering to the therapeutic regimens and lifestyle changes neces...

    Authors: Farah Naja, Dana Mousa, Mohamad Alameddine, Hikma Shoaib, Leila Itani and Yara Mourad
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:185
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  6. JSOG-6 is used as a traditional medicine to relieve the symptoms associated with inflammation, rheumatism, and osteoporosis in Korea. In the present study, we investigated the effects of JSOG-6 on bone loss pr...

    Authors: Hwa-Jin Chung, Lan Cho, Joon-Shik Shin, Jinho Lee, In-Hyuk Ha, Hyen Joo Park and Sang Kook Lee
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:184
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  7. Panax Notoginseng Saponins (PNS) is the major class of active constituents of notoginseng, a natural product extensively used as a therapeutic agent in China. Tumor when accompanied by cardiovascular disorders...

    Authors: Qinbo Yang, Xiaoyan Wang, Jingang Cui, Peiwei Wang, Minqi Xiong, Chenglin Jia, Li Liu, Bingbing Ning, Li Li, Wenjian Wang, Yu Chen and Teng Zhang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:183
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  8. In various regions of Brazil, several species of the genus Byrsonima (Malpighiaceae) are widely used to treat gastrointestinal complications. This genus has about 150 species of shrubs and trees distributed over ...

    Authors: Lívia Greghi Espanha, Flávia Aparecida Resende, José de Sousa Lima Neto, Paula Karina Boldrin, Catarine Haidê Nogueira, Mariana Santoro de Camargo, Rone Aparecido De Grandis, Lourdes Campaner dos Santos, Wagner Vilegas and Eliana Aparecida Varanda
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:182
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  9. Oxidative stress and analgesia are connected with different pathological conditions. The drug candidates from synthetic sources are associated with various side effects; therefore, researchers are giving prior...

    Authors: Syed Muhammad Mukarram Shah, Abdul Sadiq, Syed Muhammad Hassan Shah and Farhat Ullah
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:181
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  10. Moringa stenopetala has been used in traditional health systems to treat diabetes mellitus. One of the successful methods to prevent of the onset of diabetes is to control postprandial hyperglycemia by the inhib...

    Authors: Alemayehu Toma, Eyasu Makonnen, Yelamtsehay Mekonnen, Asfaw Debella and Sirichai Addisakwattana
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:180
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  11. Cupressus sempervirens is a medicinal plant traditional, its dried leaves are used in treatment of stomach pain, diabetes, inflammation, toothache, laryngitis and as contraceptive.

    Authors: Samy A Selim, Mohammed E Adam, Sherif M Hassan and Abdulrhman R Albalawi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:179
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  12. Acupuncture may effectively treat certain symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Although several studies have used functional brain imaging to investigate the mechanisms of acupuncture treatment on AD, these m...

    Authors: Yangjia Lu, Yong Huang, Chunzhi Tang, Baoci Shan, Shaoyang Cui, Junjun Yang, Junqi Chen, Renyong Lin, Huiling Xiao, Shanshan Qu and Xinsheng Lai
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:178
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  13. Chronic inflammatory processes in the peritoneal cavity develop as a result of ischemia, foreign body reaction, and trauma. Brazilian green propolis, a beeswax product, has been shown to exhibit multiple actio...

    Authors: Luiza DC Lima, Silvia P Andrade, Paula P Campos, Lucíola S Barcelos, Frederico M Soriani, Sandra AL Moura and Mônica AND Ferreira
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:177
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  14. Honey is widely used in folk medicine to treat cough, fever, and inflammation. In this study, the effect of aerosolised honey on airway tissues in a rabbit model of ovalbumin (OVA)-induced asthma was investiga...

    Authors: Nurfatin Asyikhin Kamaruzaman, Siti Amrah Sulaiman, Gurjeet Kaur and Badrul Yahaya
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:176
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  15. Euterpe oleracea Mart., a plant from the Amazon region, is commonly known as açaí or juçara; it has high nutritional value and elevated levels of lipids, proteins, and minerals. Açaí is an abundant and much cons...

    Authors: Dulcelena Ferreira Silva, Flávia Castello Branco Vidal, Debora Santos, Maria Célia Pires Costa, José Andrés Morgado-Díaz, Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento and Roberto Soares de Moura
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:175
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  16. The metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased risk of development and progression of chronic kidney disease. Renal inflammation is well known to play an important role in the initiation and progressio...

    Authors: Ming Yang, Changjin Liu, Jian Jiang, Guowei Zuo, Xuemei Lin, Johji Yamahara, Jianwei Wang and Yuhao Li
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:174
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  17. Gastrointestinal (GI) discomfort, e.g. bloating or rumbling, is a common symptom in otherwise healthy adults. Approximately 20% of the population, particularly women suffer from gastrointestinal discomfort and...

    Authors: Sybille Buchwald-Werner, Hajime Fujii, Claudia Reule and Christiane Schoen
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:173
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  18. Haemophilus ducreyi is the bacterium responsible for the genital ulcer disease chancroid, a cofactor for the transmission of HIV, and it is resistant to many antibiotics. With the goal of exploring possible alte...

    Authors: Zachary Lindeman, Molly Waggoner, Audra Batdorff and Tricia L Humphreys
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:172
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  19. Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are responsible for more than half of all cases of the common cold and cause billions of USD annually in medical visits and school and work absenteeism. An assessment was made of the ...

    Authors: Sang Wook Park, Min Jung Kwon, Ji Young Yoo, Hwa-Jung Choi and Young-Joon Ahn
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:171
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  20. Saussurea lappa (SL) has been used as a traditional herbal medicine to treat abdominal pain and tenesmus, and has been suggested to possess various biological activities, including anti-tumor, anti-ulcer, anti-i...

    Authors: Ha-Rim Kim, Jeong-Mi Kim, Mi-Seong Kim, Jin-Ki Hwang, Yeon-Ju Park, Sei-Hoon Yang, Hye-Jung Kim, Do-Gon Ryu, Dong-Sung Lee, Hyuncheol Oh, Youn-Chul Kim, Yun-Jin Rhee, Byung-Soon Moon, Jong-Min Yun, Kang-Beom Kwon and Young-Rae Lee
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:170
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  21. Alternanthera sessilis is used by folk medicinal practitioners of Bangladesh for alleviation of severe pain. The objective of this study was to scientifically analyze the analgesic (non-narcotic) property of aer...

    Authors: Ahamed Ismail Hossain, Mohammad Faisal, Shahnaz Rahman, Rownak Jahan and Mohammed Rahmatullah
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:169
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  22. Mesembryanthemum edule is a medicinal plant which has been indicated by Xhosa traditional healers in the treatment HIV associated diseases such as tuberculosis, dysentery, diabetic mellitus, laryngitis, mouth in...

    Authors: Beauty E Omoruyi, Anthony J Afolayan and Graeme Bradley
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:168
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  23. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasingly included within mainstream integrative healthcare (IHC) services. Health service managers are key stakeholders central to ensuring effective integra...

    Authors: Judy Singer and Jon Adams
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:167
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  24. Kaliziri extract (KZE) is a traditional Uyghur medicine (TUM), used by traditional hospitals in China as an injection for treatment of vitiligo for more than 30 years. Clinical application has shown that this ...

    Authors: Adila Tuerxuntayi, Yong-qiang Liu, Ablajan Tulake, Maidina Kabas, Aiden Eblimit and Haji Akber Aisa
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:166
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  25. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) expressed high levels of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Gefitinib (Iressa) has demonstrated clinical efficacy in NSCLC patients harboring EGFR mutations or refracto...

    Authors: Shu-Yan Han, Hui-Rong Ding, Wei Zhao, Fei Teng and Ping-Ping Li
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:165
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  26. Pomegranate fruit has been extensively used as a natural medicine in many cultures. The present study was aimed at evaluating the protective effects of pomegranate (Punica granatum) juice against carbon tetrachlo...

    Authors: Ebtesam M Al-Olayan, Manal F El-Khadragy, Dina M Metwally and Ahmed E Abdel Moneim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:164
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  27. We have previously demonstrated that an alkaline extract of shredded pinecones yields a polyphenylpropanoid polysaccharide complex (PPC) that functions as an orally active immune adjuvant. Specifically, oral P...

    Authors: William Guy Bradley, Katharine Nichole Holm and Akiko Tanaka
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:163
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  29. Muscle wasting is frequently a result of cancers, AIDS, chronic diseases and aging, which often links to muscle inflammation. Although grape seed extract (GSE) has been widely used as a human dietary supplemen...

    Authors: Bo Wang, Guan Yang, Xingwei Liang, Meijun Zhu and Min Du
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:162
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  30. Polygonum minus Huds.is a culinary flavouring that is common in South East Asian cuisine and as a remedy for diverse maladies ranging from indigestion to poor eyesight. The leaves of this herb have been reported...

    Authors: Annie George, Chee Perng Ng, Matthew O’Callaghan, Gitte S Jensen and Hoi Jin Wong
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:161
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  31. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common problem in older women that is associated with pain and disabilities. Although yoga is recommended as an exercise intervention to manage arthritis, there is limited evidence doc...

    Authors: Corjena Cheung, Jean F Wyman, Barbara Resnick and Kay Savik
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:160
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  32. The management of osteoarthritis (OA) remains a challenge. There is a need not only for safe and efficient treatments but also for accurate and reliable biomarkers that would help diagnosis and monitoring both...

    Authors: Yves Henrotin, Myriam Gharbi, Yvan Dierckxsens, Fabian Priem, Marc Marty, Laurence Seidel, Adelin Albert, Elisabeth Heuse, Valérie Bonnet and Caroline Castermans
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:159
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  33. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of cancer patients’ utilising complementary and integrative therapies (CIT) within integrative oncology centres across Western Australia.

    Authors: Bonnie J Furzer, Anna S Petterson, Kemi E Wright, Karen E Wallman, Timothy R Ackland and David JL Joske
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:158
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  34. Wound healing is a natural process that enables tissue repair after an injury. To shorten its duration and minimize associated complications, wounds are treated with medications. Currently there is a growing i...

    Authors: Sunday Ositadinma Udegbunam, Rita Ijoema Udegbunam, Chijioke Clement Muogbo, Madubuike Umunna Anyanwu and Chinaka Onyebuchi Nwaehujor
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:157
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  35. The polysaccharides from Liriopes Radix (PSLR) has been indicated to ameliorate insulin signaling transduction and glucose metabolism. We aimed to investigate whether PSLR exerts an ameliorative effect on rena...

    Authors: Hung-Jen Lu, Thing-Fong Tzeng, Shorong-Shii Liou, Sheng Da Lin, Ming-Chang Wu and I-Min Liu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:156
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  36. Albizzia Lebbeck Benth. is traditionally important plant and is reported to possess a variety of pharmacological actions. The present research exertion was undertaken to isolate and characterized the flavonoids ...

    Authors: Danish Ahmed, Vikas Kumar, Manju Sharma and Amita Verma
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:155
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  37. Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the primary therapeutic methods for lung cancer with the use of combination therap...

    Authors: Weidong Li, Cihui Chen, Shakir M Saud, Liang Geng, Ge Zhang, Rui Liu and Baojin Hua
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:153
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  38. The edible fruits of Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl are widely used in traditional medicine in Indonesia. It is used to treat a variety of medical conditions such as - cancer, diabetes mellitus, allergies, l...

    Authors: Ma Ma Lay, Saiful Anuar Karsani, Sadegh Mohajer and Sri Nurestri Abd Malek
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:152
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  39. Results from clinical studies on acupuncture for stroke rehabilitation are contradictory. The reason for the inconsistent findings especially lie in the transparency and accuracy of randomized controlled trial...

    Authors: Lixing Zhuang, Jun He, Xun Zhuang and Liming Lu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:151
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  40. In the past several decades, Polygonum viviparum L. (PV) was reported to have antibacterial, antiulcer, antioxidant, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, and antiarthritic properties. The anti-inflammatory pathway was r...

    Authors: Ming-Long Chang, Jung-Su Chang, Wen-Yu Yu, Khoot-Peng Cheah, Joe-Sharg Li, Hui-Wen Cheng and Chien-Ming Hu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:150
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  41. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease with life-threatening complications. Despite the enormous progress in conventional medicine and pharmaceutical industry, herbal-based medicines are still a comm...

    Authors: Yasmin Hilmi, Muna F Abushama, Haidar Abdalgadir, Asaad Khalid and Hassan Khalid
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:149
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  42. In traditional Chinese medicine, astragalus injection is used to treat diabetic nephropathy (DN). The current study was conducted to determine the effects of astragalus injection on DN by assessing potential m...

    Authors: Yanna Nie, Shuyu Li, Yuee Yi, Weilian Su, Xinlou Chai, Dexian Jia and Qian Wang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:148
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  43. The Fabaceae family is the second largest family of medicinal plants, containing more than 490 species which are being used as traditional medicine. The aim of this study was to determine the antioxidant and a...

    Authors: Jean P Dzoyem, Lyndy J McGaw and Jacobus N Eloff
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:147
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  44. Since ancient times, honey has been used for medicinal purposes in many cultures; it is one of the oldest and most enduring substances used in wound management. Scientific evidence for its efficacy is widely s...

    Authors: Suhana Samat, Nor Azmi Md Nor, Fuzina Nor Hussein and Wan Iryani Wan Ismail
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:146
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  45. We investigated Polygonum hydropiper L. (P. hydropiper) for phenolic contents, antioxidant, anticholinesterase activities, in an attempt to rationalize its use in neurological disorders.

    Authors: Muhammad Ayaz, Muhammad Junaid, Jawad Ahmed, Farhat Ullah, Abdul Sadiq, Sajjad Ahmad and Muhammad Imran
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:145
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  46. Angelica Sinensis (AS), a folk medicine, has long been used in ergogenic aids for athletes, but there is little scientific evidence supporting its effects. We investigated whether AS induces hypertrophy in myotu...

    Authors: Tzu-Shao Yeh, Cheng-Chen Hsu, Suh-Ching Yang, Mei-Chich Hsu and Jen-Fang Liu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:144
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  47. Although a number of studies have been conducted on the prevalence of dietary supplement (DS) use in military personnel, these investigations have not been previously summarized. This article provides a system...

    Authors: Joseph J Knapik, Ryan A Steelman, Sally S Hoedebecke, Emily K Farina, Krista G Austin and Harris R Lieberman
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:143
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  48. Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. Wright (Fabaceae) is a traditional herb largely used in the African traditional medicine as analgesic, purgative, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial and memory-enh...

    Authors: Galba Jean Beppe, Alain Bertrand Dongmo, Harquin Simplice Foyet, Nolé Tsabang, Zenovia Olteanu, Oana Cioanca, Monica Hancianu, Théophile Dimo and Lucian Hritcu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:142
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  49. The survival rate of malignant tumors, and especially hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), has not improved primarily because of uncontrolled metastasis. In our previous studies, we have reported that Terminalia catap...

    Authors: Chao-Bin Yeh, Yung-Luen Yu, Chiao-Wen Lin, Hui-Ling Chiou, Ming-Ju Hsieh and Shun-Fa Yang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:141
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  50. The three Tiao-Bu Fei-Shen (Bufei Jianpi, Bufei Yishen, Yiqi Zishen) granules have been confirmed for their beneficial clinical efficacy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients on reducing fre...

    Authors: Ya Li, Jian-sheng Li, Wei-wei Li, Su-yun Li, Yan-ge Tian, Xiao-fan Lu, Su-li Jiang and Ying Wang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014 14:140
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