[Clinical application of Tripterygium wilfordi for treatment of gynecologic diseases]

Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi. 2008 May;28(5):473-5.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Extract of Tripterygium wilfordi (TW) has obvious effects on anti-inflammation, anti-tumor, anti-fertility and immuno-regulation, and it is broadly applied in various clinical departments. Referred to the gynecologic diseases, clinical therapeutic trials of TW on endometriosis, leiomyoma uteri, dysfunctional uterine bleeding and some tumors of women have been carried out, and it can be proved an effective new drug for the treatment of gynecologic diseases.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Contraceptive Agents, Female / therapeutic use
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / therapeutic use*
  • Endometriosis / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Genital Diseases, Female / drug therapy*
  • Genital Neoplasms, Female / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
  • Leiomyoma / drug therapy
  • Metrorrhagia / drug therapy
  • Tripterygium*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Contraceptive Agents, Female
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Immunologic Factors