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Safety and Efficacy Needs to be Tested in an Appropriate Design

Jongbae Park

ILMAEK Korea Research Fellow, Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, Exeter EX2 4NT, UK

Correspondence to: Dr. Jongbae Park, ILMAEK Korea Research Fellow, Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, 25 Victoria Park Road, Exeter EX2 4NT, UK. Tel: (+44) 1392-43-9035, Fax: (+44) 1392-42-7562.

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0192415X03001557Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The Chungpyesagan-tang was developed for one of four human constitutional types in Korea. In order to test the effectiveness and efficacy, randomized controlled trials and placebo controlled trials, respectively are required. The safety question should be answered through control studies within the same constitutional population.

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