title: Commentary on the Cochrane Review of Chinese herbal medicine for dysmenorrhea.
abstract: The Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field is the group within the Cochrane Collaboration focused on facilitating the conduct of Cochrane systematic reviews of CAM therapies. The CAM Field represents an international collaborative effort among researchers, clinicians, consumers, and CAM practitioners from nearly every continent. The Field's central office is located at the Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2200 Kernan Drive, Kernan Hospital Mansion, Baltimore, MD 21207-6697. For more information, contact Eric Manheimer at emanheimer@compmed.umm.edu. The Complementary Medicine Field is supported by grant R24 AT001293 from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NCCAM or the National Institutes of Health.
authors.affiliation: Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pirotta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal