Traditional Japanese Medicine Daikenchuto Improves Functional Constipation in Poststroke Patients

Traditional Japanese Medicine Daikenchuto Improves Functional Constipation in Poststroke Patients

Poststroke patients with functional constipation, assessed by the Rome III criteria, from 6 hospitals were recruited in a study on the effects of the traditional Japanese medicine Daikenchuto (DKT) on constipation. Thirty-four patients (17 men and 17 women; mean age: 78.1 ± 11.6 years) were randomly...

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Main Authors: Takehiro Numata, Shin Takayama, Muneshige Tobita, Shuichi Ishida, Dai Katayose, Mitsutoshi Shinkawa, Takashi Oikawa, Takanori Aonuma, Soichiro Kaneko, Junichi Tanaka, Seiki Kanemura, Koh Iwasaki, Tadashi Ishii, Nobuo Yaegashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/231258

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