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
Author Information
- 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.