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Erratum to "Exposure and Risk Assessment of Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone for Sub-population Groups using Monte-Carlo Simulations" (정오 "Monte-Carlo 모의실험을 통한 부분 인구집단별 이산화질소와 오존의 노출 및 위해성 평가")

Evaluation for Therapeutic Effectiveness of Bowhatang in Functional Dyspepsia (기능성 소화불량증 환자에 대한 보화탕(保和湯)의 임상효과)

  • Kim, Dong-Woo;Choi, Bin-Hye;Hur, Jin-Il;Park, Kyung;Kim, Dae-Jun;Byun, Joon-Seok
    • Herbal Formula Science
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.97-108
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    • 2006

  • Objective: Functional dyspepsia refers to sustainable or repetitive pain at upper stomach related with food intake. This research was intended to observe the improvement of the symptom by administering Bowhatang to a number of functional dyspepsia patients and to clarify its clinical effects. Method: The research was performed upon the appropriate 36 patients conforming to the criteria after being diagnosed with functional dyspepsia among the 87 patients who visited the department of internal medicine at Gumi Oriental Hospital of Daegu Haany University for digestive diseases and were administered with Bowhatang. Result: 91.8% of the patients had upper stomach globus symptoms. which is of the largest percentage. and 13.5% had hunger pain. which is of the least percentage. After administering Bowhatang. by and large Likert scale was significantly reduced. According to the subjective improvement evaluation by the patients. 32 patients(86%) were improved. and 3 patients(8%) had neither improvement nor relapse. while 2 patients ( 6%) were relapsed. Conclusion: Bowhatang has shown significant improvement about the symptoms for functional dyspepsia patients. It is predicted when more outcomes become available from researches on side effects or toxicity of Bowhatang later on. it will be more often used in the clinic.

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