title: Traditional Chinese medicines and bone formation--a review.
abstract: Traditional Chinese medicines have been used in the Chinese population for the treatment of bone diseases and to promote bone healing for thousands of years. Some traditional Chinese medicines have shown therapeutic effects on fracture healing in clinical and animal studies. It is reasonable, therefore, to postulate that some traditional Chinese medicines somehow affect the process of bone metabolism and bone formation. The aim of this article is to review the bone forming effect of various traditional Chinese medicines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, University of Hong Kong, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. fyoung@hkucc.hku.hk
authors.forename: Ricky W K
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: A Bakr M
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Rabie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010011:Osteocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal