Herbal and complementary and alternative medicine therapies for liver disease. A focus on Chinese traditional medicine in hepatitis C virus.
This article presents herbal and alternative therapies used in the treatment of liver disease, both as adjunctive or complementary treatment to Western pharmaceutical strategies, and as an alternative treatment in liver disease, particularly for Hepatitis C Virus. There is a special emphasis on traditional Chinese herbal medicine.
Cohen
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Cancer Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
D000529:Complementary Therapies; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014815:Vitamins / Q000627:therapeutic use
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D010936:Plant Extracts; D014815:Vitamins