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Interaction between warfarin and Chinese herbal medicines.
In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the human body is divided into Yin and Yang. Diseases occur when the Yin and Yang balance is disrupted. Different herbs are used to restore this balance, achieving the goal of treatment. However, inherent difficulties in designing experimental trials have left much of TCM yet to be substantiated by science. Despite that, TCM not only remains a popular form...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2211-419X
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2013.08.023