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| Title |
Chinese herbal medicine research in eczema treatment
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Chinese Medicine, April 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1749-8546-6-17 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kam Lun Hon, Ben Chung-Lap Chan, Ping Chung Leung |
| Abstract |
Eczema is a chronic relapsing atopic dermatitis (AD) associated with pruritus, sleep disturbance and poor quality of life of the patient. Treatment of eczema includes use of emollient, topical and systemic antimicrobial agents, corticosteroid or immunomodulating agents. Many patients also seek alternative treatments such as dietary avoidance, supplementation or both. This article reviews the basic pathophysiology of eczema and clinical trials involving Chinese medicine in the treatment of eczema. Research reports on Chinese herbal medicine for eczema were retrieved from PubMed and the Cochrane Database for Systematic Reviews for this review. Only a few RCTs demonstrated the efficacy (or lack of efficacy) of Chinese medicinal herbs in treating atopic eczema. Further larger scale trials are warranted. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Ghana | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 94 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 13% |
| Researcher | 12 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 5% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 15% |
| Unknown | 27 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 7 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 7% |
| Unknown | 32 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 August 2023.
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#17,285,036
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Outputs from Chinese Medicine
#320
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#94,663
of 121,430 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Chinese Medicine
#7
of 12 outputs
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