Research Article
Influence of Herbal Complexes Containing Licorice on Potassium Levels: A Retrospective Study
Table 1
Baseline characteristics (
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| | Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage % |
| | Male/female | 182/178 | 50.6/49.4 | | Age, years (Mean ± SD) | 65.1 ± 13.9 | | | Causes of herbal medicine intake | | | | Cerebral infarction | 224 | 62.4 | | Intracerebral hemorrhage | 88 | 24.5 | | Brain tumor | 2 | 0.6 | | Moyamoya disease | 4 | | | Parkinson disease | 4 | 1.1 | | Parkinsonism | 5 | 1.4 | | Anoxic brain damage | 23 | 6.4 | | Tension-type headache | 1 | 0.3 | | Transverse myelitis | 1 | 0.3 | | C-HNP | 6 | 1.7 | | T-HNP | 1 | 0.3 | | L-HNP | 7 | 1.9 | | Spinal stenosis | 4 | 1.1 | | Facial palsy | 11 | 3.1 | | Lung cancer | 3 | 0.8 | | Esophagus cancer | 1 | 0.3 | | Colon cancer | 1 | 0.3 | | Liver cancer | 3 | 0.8 | | Kidney cancer | 1 | 0.3 | | Gastric cancer | 1 | 0.3 | | Gall bladder cancer | 1 | 0.3 | | GERD | 1 | 0.3 | | DVT | 1 | 0.3 | | Osteoarthritis | 3 | 0.8 | | CRPS | 2 | 0.6 | | Licorice dose (per day) in g (Mean ± SD) | 8.7 ± 4.1 | | | Duration of administration in days (Mean ± SD) | 18.9 ± 19 | |
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GERD: gastroesophageal reflux disease; DVT: deep vein thrombosis; CRPS: complex regional pain syndrome type; C-HNP: cervical herniated nucleus pulposus; T-HNP: thoracic cervical herniated nucleus pulposus; L-HNP: lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus.
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