Traditional Chinese medicines and bone formation--a review

Ricky W K Wong; A Bakr M Rabie

doi:10.1016/j.joms.2006.01.017

Traditional Chinese medicines and bone formation--a review

J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006 May;64(5):828-37. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.01.017.

Authors

Ricky W K Wong¹, A Bakr M Rabie

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthodontics, University of Hong Kong, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. fyoung@hkucc.hku.hk

PMID: 16631493
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.01.017

Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicines have been used in the Chinese population for the treatment of bone diseases and to promote bone healing for thousands of years. Some traditional Chinese medicines have shown therapeutic effects on fracture healing in clinical and animal studies. It is reasonable, therefore, to postulate that some traditional Chinese medicines somehow affect the process of bone metabolism and bone formation. The aim of this article is to review the bone forming effect of various traditional Chinese medicines.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Bone and Bones / cytology
Bone and Bones / drug effects*
Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
Humans
Medicine, Chinese Traditional*
Osteocytes / drug effects
Osteogenesis / drug effects*
Rats

Substances

Drugs, Chinese Herbal