Treating adolescent ovarian cysts with Chinese herbs: a case report

Phytother Res. 2008 Dec;22(12):1682-3. doi: 10.1002/ptr.2447.

Abstract

In the report an adolescent female patient who suffered from continuous lower abdominal distending pain with an ovarian cyst was successfully cured with Chinese herbs. Chinese herbs were orally administered for 18 days, after which all of the symptoms and the ovarian cyst disappeared.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Adolescent
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ovarian Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Ovarian Cysts / drug therapy*
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal