Preventive effect of a traditional herbal medicine, Hochu-ekki-to, on immunosuppression induced by surgical stress

Motohide Kimura,Tetsuro Sasada,Michiyuki Kanai,Yasuhiro Kawai,Yuka Yoshida,Eriko Hayashi,Shingo Iwata,Arimichi Takabayashi

Preventive effect of a traditional herbal medicine, Hochu-ekki-to, on immunosuppression induced by surgical stress

2008

Motohide Kimura
Tetsuro Sasada
Michiyuki Kanai
Yasuhiro Kawai
Yuka Yoshida
Eriko Hayashi
Shingo Iwata
Arimichi Takabayashi

Purpose To examine the effect of preoperative administering of a Japanese traditional herbal medicine, Hochu-ekki-to (TJ-41), on immunosuppression induced by surgical stress in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies.

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Surgical stress
Immune system
Immunosuppression
Peripheral blood lymphocyte
Immunology
Natural killer cell
Diabetes mellitus
Medicine
hochu ekki to
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Surgery
Surgical oncology
Internal medicine

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