Traditional Chinese Medicine Enhances Survival in Patients with Gastric Cancer after Surgery and Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Taiwan: A Nationwide Matched Cohort Study

Table 4

Single herbs and herbal formulas most commonly prescribed for gastric cancer after surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy in our cohort.

Chinese herbal name	No. of users	%	Average duration (day)	Daily dose (g)
Single herbs
Hwang Chyi (Radix Hedysari)	201	11.8	9.3	1.7
Dan-Shen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae)	166	9.8	8.9	1.5
Yan-Hu-Suo (Rhizoma Corydalis)	160	9.4	7.8	1.5
Bai-Hua-She-She-Cao (Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae)	157	9.2	11.1	1.7
Hou-Pu (Cortex Magnoliae)	153	9.0	8.7	1.4
Herbal formulas
Xiang-Sha-Liu-Jun-Zi-Tang	264	15.5	8.9	4.6
Ping-Wei-San	214	12.6	7.9	4.0
Ban-Xia-Xie-Xin-Tang	200	11.8	8.2	4.4
Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang	175	10.3	9.2	4.7
Shen-Lin-Bai-Zhu-San	174	10.2	9.5	4.9