Effects of Placental Extract on Healthy Women’s Body Constitution in Traditional Chinese Medicine: an Open-label Clinical Trial

VernacularTitle:プラセンタエキスの中医体質に及ぼす影響：オープン臨床試験
Author: Tomoya MIMURA ¹ ; Yuji OKATANI ² ; Chie MIYAZAKI ³ ; Tsuyuko WATANABE ¹ ; Hoko KYO ⁴ ; Nobutaka SUZUKI ⁴
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1. Japan Bio Products Co.,Ltd.
2. Aoba Ladies Clinic
3. CHIE MIYAZAKI. LADIES CLINIC
4. Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clinical Research and Department, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science
Keywords: Porcine Placental Extract; Constitution in Chinese Medicine; CCMQ-J; Placental Extract
From:Japanese Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2020;17(2):119-124
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: We conducted a clinical trial in 26 healthy adult women to evaluate the effect of foods containing placental extract ingested for 12 consecutive weeks on 9 constitutional types in Traditional Chinese Medicine.The body constitution analysis set consisted of 23 subjects (excluding 3 dropouts). Twelve-week ingestion of placental extract-containing foods improved individual scores for “Gentleness” type, a healthy constitution, and “Qi-deficiency,” “Yang-deficiency,” “Yin-deficiency,” “Wet-heat” and “Qi-depression” types, which are all mibyou constitution.The safety analysis set consisted of 25 subjects (excluding 1 dropout). Only one subject experienced an adverse event (exacerbation of urticaria, an underlying disease). No other safety concerns arose.