Current Research Trends in Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula: A Bibliometric Review from 2000 to 2016

Table 4

List of the top 20 types of disease appearing in articles

Rating	Disease types	Number
1	Cardiovascular disease	335
2	Cancer	156
3	Diabetes	105
4	Depression	108
5	Alzheimer’s disease	48
6	Asthma	40
7	Liver fibrosis (hepatic fibrosis)	40
8	Rheumatoid arthritis	33
9	Osteoporosis	32
10	Liver injury	26
11	Dementia	26
12	Diabetic nephropathy	24
13	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	23
14	Osteoarthritis	22
15	Insomnia	22
16	Ulcerative colitis	20
17	Fatigue	19
18	Parkinson’s disease	18
19	Headache	18
20	Dysmenorrhoea	17