Chinese Herbal Medicine

Background: Pain is a common, debilitating, and poorly understood complication of sickle cell disease. The need for clinical pain management of sickle cell disease is largely unmet and relies on opioids as the main therapeutic option, which leads to a decreased quality of life (QoL). According to the literature, acupuncture has …

Objective: To investigate the therapeutic effect of acupuncture stimulation combined with administration of Gu Shen Zhu Yu Tang (decoction for consolidating kidney to eliminate blood stasis) in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation patients. Methods: A total of 147 patients with lumbar disc herniation were randomly divided into Gu Shen Zhu Yu …

Background: Ping Chan Wan is a traditional Chinese medicine for Parkinson’s disease. Hypothesis/purpose: This was the first study aiming to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ping Chan Wan for motor symptoms, gait impairments and quality of life in Parkinson’s disease. Study design and methods: In this multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 292 …

Background: In recent years, the prevalence and mortality of autism spectrum disorder have been increasing. The clinical clinical features are different with different cases, so the treatment ways are necessary for each one. Objective: Bao He Wan He Shi Wei Wen Dan Tang has been recommended for treating autistic spectrum disorder. To …

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still a pandemic globally, about 80% of patients infected with COVID-19 were mild and moderate. Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) has played a positive role in the treatment of COVID-19, with a certain number of primary studies focused on CHM in managing COVID-19 published. This …

This study retrospectively explored the effectiveness of electroacupuncture combined with Qian Zheng San for the treatment of peripheral facial paralysis. This retrospective study included patients with peripheral facial paralysis admitted to a single hospital between July 2018 and June 2020. Ninety patients were included and divided into treatment (n = …

Background: This study assessed the effectiveness of Yang Xin Tang in the treatment of coronary heart disease patients with angina pectoris. Methods: In this study, we systematically and comprehensively searched the PUBMED, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CNKI, WANGFANG, and VIP databases from their establishment to June 1, 2022. Clinical randomized controlled trials of …

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Xuan Bai Cheng Qi Tang is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) compound used in the treatment of pulmonary infection in China. Despite the popular usage of Xuan Bai Cheng Qi Tang, its underlying protective roles and the associated molecular mechanisms with the gut-lung axis in influenza remain unclear. Aim …

Background: Coronary heart disease and depression are very common and often co-existing disorders. Xiong Pi Fang (XPF), a therapeutic classical traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formula, has shown satisfactory efficacy in treating coronary heart disease associated with depression. However, its mechanism of action is still unknown. Purpose: To employ a systematic pharmacology approach …

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread globally. Due to the higher risk of mortality, the treatment of severe or critical patients is a top priority. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment has played an extremely important role in the fight against COVID-19 in China; a timely evidence summary on …