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| | Liver qi depression | Liver depression and spleen deficiency | Dual deficiency of the heart and spleen | Liver depression and qi stagnation |
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| Number of studies that examined the TCM pattern | = 19 | = 13 | = 9 | = 8 |
Commonly used Chinese herbal formula
(, % of studies that examined the TCM pattern) | Xiaoyao decoction
(13, 68.4%) | Xiaoyao decoction
(9, 69.2%) | Guipi decoction (2, 22.2%);
Ningcao Wangyou decoction (2, 22.2%) | Chaihu Shugan decoction
(5, 62.5%) |
| Number of studies that provided the composition of herbal formula | = 17 | = 9 | = 8 | = 6 |
| Number of studies that provided TCM treatment principle | = 6 | = 4 | = 3 | = 4 |
| Composition of herbal formula (% of studies that provided the formula’s composition)a | | | | |
| Bai He [Lilium brownii F.E.Br. ex Miellez] | 11.8% | / | / | / |
| Bai Shao [Paeonia lactiflora Pall.] | 70.6% | 100% | 50.0% | 100% |
| Ban Xia [Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Makino] | 17.6% | 11.1% | 37.5% | 16.7% |
| Bai Zhu [Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz.] | 52.9% | 55.6% | 25.0% | 16.7% |
| Bei Mu [Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don] | / | / | 25.0% | / |
| Bing Pian [Dryobalanops aromatica Gaertn. f.] | / | / | 12.5% | / |
| Bo He [Mentha haplocalyx Briq.] | 29.4% | 33.3% | / | / |
| Bo Zi Ren [Platyclatus orientalis (L.) Franco] | / | / | 50.0% | / |
| Chan Su [Bufo bufo gargarizans Cantor] | / | / | 12.5% | / |
| Chai Hu [Bupleurum chinense DC.] | 94.1% | 77.8% | 50.0% | 83.3% |
| Cao Bai Zhu [Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz.] | 5.6% | 22.2% | / | / |
| Chen Pi [Citrus reticulata Blanco] | 17.6% | 33.3% | 25.0% | 33.3% |
| Chuan Xiong [Ligusticum striatum DC.] | 17.6% | 22.2% | 25.0% | 83.3% |
| Chi Wu Jia Pi [Acanthopanax gracilistylus W.W.Sm.] | / | / | 12.5% | / |
| Dang Gui [Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels] | 64.7% | 55.6% | 12.5% | 16.7% |
| Dan Pi [Paeonia × suffruticosa Andrews] | 29.4% | 11.1% | / | 16.7% |
| Dan Shen [Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge.] | 11.8% | 11.1% | 25.0% | / |
| Da Zao [Ziziphus jujuba Mill.] | 11.8% | / | 50.0% | / |
| Fu Ling [Poria Cocos (Schw) Wolf.] | 58.8% | 88.9% | 50.0% | 33.3% |
| Fo Shou [Citrus medica L.] | / | 22.2% | 37.5% | / |
| Gan Cao [Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.] | 29.4% | 22.2% | 62.5% | 33.3% |
| Gan Cao (Honey-toasted) [Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.] | 35.3% | 33.3% | 25.0% | 16.7% |
| Gui Yuan [Dimocarpus longan Lour.] | / | / | 37.5% | / |
| Gui Zhi [Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl] | / | / | 12.5% | / |
| He Huan Hua [Albizia julibrissin Durazz.] | 5.9% | / | / | 16.7% |
| He Huan Pi [Albizia julibrissin Durazz.] | 29.4% | 22.2% | 37.5% | 50.0% |
| Huang Lian [Coptis chinensis Franch.] | / | / | 12.5% | / |
| Huang Qin [Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi] | 5.9% | 11.1% | 12.5% | / |
| Huang Qi (Honey-toasted) [Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge] | / | / | 12.5% | / |
| Jiang [Zingiber officinale Roscoe] | 23.5% | / | 25.0% | / |
| Mai Dong [Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.] | 5.9% | / | 12.5% | / |
| Mu Xiang [Aucklandia lappa DC.] | / | 22.2% | 12.5% | / |
| Niu Huang [Bos taurus domesticus Gmelin.] | / | / | 12.5% | / |
| Qing Pi [Citrus reticulata Blanco] | / | 11.1% | 25.0% | 33.3% |
| Ren Shen [Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.] | / | / | 12.5% | / |
| Rou Gui [Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl] | / | / | 12.5% | / |
| She Xiang [Moschus berezovskii Flerov] | / | / | 12.5% | / |
| Di Huang [Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) DC.] | / | 11.1% | 12.5% | / |
| Shi Chang Pu [Acorus tatarinowii Schott] | 41.2% | 11.1% | / | / |
| Su He Xiang [Liquidambar orientalis Mill.] | / | / | 12.5% | / |
| Tai Zi Shen [Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Miq.) Pax ex Pax et Hoffm.] | / | 11.1% | 12.5% | / |
| Xiang Fu [Cyperus rotundus L.] | 23.5% | 44.4% | / | 83.3% |
| Xiao Mai [Triticum aestivum L.] | 5.9% | / | 25.0% | / |
| Ye Jiao Teng [Reynoutria multiflora (Thunb.) Moldenke] | 5.9% | / | / | 16.7% |
| Yu Jin [Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.Chen & C.Lin] | 41.2% | 11.1% | 50.0% | 100% |
| Yuan Zhi [Polygala tenuifolia Willd.] | 23.5% | / | 37.5% | 16.7% |
| Zao Ren [Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex H.F.Chow] | 35.3% | 11.1% | 25.0% | 16.7% |
| Zhi Ke [Citrus × aurantium L.] | 35.3% | 66.7% | / | 83.3% |
| Zhi Zi [Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis] | 41.2% | 11.1% | / | 16.7% |
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