Chinese Herbal Bath Therapy for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 2

Top 20 Chinese herbs and efficacy according to the frequency of usage in 15 bath prescriptions.

English name	Latin name	Chinese Pinyin name	Frequency of usage
Pain relief
Garden Balsam Stem	Caulis Impatientis	Tougucao	11
Common Clubmoss Herb	Herba Lycopodii	Shenjincao	9
Clematis Root	Radix Clematidis	Weilingxian	8
Bark of Himalayan Coralbean	Erythrina variegata	Haitongpi	6
Doubleteeth Pubescent Angilica Root	Radix Angelicae Pubescentis	Duhuo	6
Common Floweringquince Fruit	Fructus Chaenomelis	Mugua	6
Slenderstyle Acanthopanax Bark	Cortex Acanthopanacis	Wujiapi	5
Divaricate Saposhnikovia Root	Radix Saposhnikoviae	Fangfeng	5
Manchurian Wildginger	Herba Asari	Xixin	4
Activating blood circulation
Safflower	Flos Carthami	Honghua	10
Twotooth Achyranthes Root	Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae	Niuxi	8
Chinese Angelica	Radix Angelicae Sinensis	Danggui	8
Suberect Spatholobus Stem	Caulis Spatholobi	Jixueteng	5
Sappan Wood	Lignum Sappan	Sumu	4
Szechuan Lovage Rhizome	Rhizoma Chuanxiong	Chuanxiong	4
Anti-rheumatic effects
Common Monkshood Mother Root	Radix Aconiti	Chuanwu	8
Cassia Twig	Ramulus Cinnamomi	Guizhi	8
Kusnezoff Monkshood Root	Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii	Caowu	7
Pricklyash Peel	Fructus Zanthoxyli	Huajiao	7
Argy Wormwood Leaf	Folium Artemisiae Argyi	Aiye	6

These herbs are thought to have anti-inflammatory effects.