scholarly journals Chinese Herbal Medicine Used With or Without Conventional Western Therapy for COVID-19: an evidence review of clinical studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 101980
Author(s):  
Shi-Bing Liang ◽  
Ying-Ying Zhang ◽  
Chen Shen ◽  
Chang-Hao Liang ◽  
Bao-Yong Lai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Chinese Herbal Medicine ◽  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Chinese Herbal ◽  
Evidence Review

scholarly journals Chinese Herbal Medicine Used With or Without Conventional Western Therapy for COVID-19: An Evidence Review of Clinical Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi-Bing Liang ◽  
Ying-Ying Zhang ◽  
Chen Shen ◽  
Chang-Hao Liang ◽  
Bao-Yong Lai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Chinese Herbal Medicine ◽  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Methodological Quality ◽  
Retrospective Studies ◽  
Chest Ct ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Chinese Herbal

Objective: To present the evidence of the therapeutic effects and safety of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) used with or without conventional western therapy for COVID-19.Methods: Clinical studies on the therapeutic effects and safety of CHM for COVID-19 were included. We summarized the general characteristics of included studies, evaluated methodological quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using the Cochrane risk of bias tool, analyzed the use of CHM, used Revman 5.4 software to present the risk ratio (RR) or mean difference (MD) and their 95% confidence interval (CI) to estimate the therapeutic effects and safety of CHM.Results: A total of 58 clinical studies were identified including RCTs (17.24%, 10), non-randomized controlled trials (1.72%, 1), retrospective studies with a control group (18.97%, 11), case-series (20.69%, 12) and case-reports (41.38%, 24). No RCTs of high methodological quality were identified. The most frequently tested oral Chinese patent medicine, Chinese herbal medicine injection or prescribed herbal decoction were: Lianhua Qingwen granule/capsule, Xuebijing injection and Maxing Shigan Tang. In terms of aggravation rate, pooled analyses showed that there were statistical differences between the intervention group and the comparator group (RR 0.42, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.82, six RCTs; RR 0.38, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.64, five retrospective studies with a control group), that is, CHM plus conventional western therapy appeared better than conventional western therapy alone in reducing aggravation rate. In addition, compared with conventional western therapy, CHM plus conventional western therapy had potential advantages in increasing the recovery rate and shortening the duration of fever, cough and fatigue, improving the negative conversion rate of nucleic acid test, and increasing the improvement rate of chest CT manifestations and shortening the time from receiving the treatment to the beginning of chest CT manifestations improvement. For adverse events, pooled data showed that there were no statistical differences between the CHM and the control groups.Conclusion: Current low certainty evidence suggests that there maybe a tendency that CHM plus conventional western therapy is superior to conventional western therapy alone. The use of CHM did not increase the risk of adverse events.

scholarly journals Clinical Studies on the Prophylactic Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine (Mao-Bushi-Saishin-To) on Japanese Cedar Pollinosis

1991 ◽  
Vol 1991 (Supplement52) ◽  
pp. 89-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirotaka Ito ◽  
Shunkichi Baba ◽  
Ippei Takagi ◽  
Jo Nishimura ◽  
Shigenobu Iwata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Chinese Herbal Medicine ◽  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Japanese Cedar ◽  
Prophylactic Effect ◽  
Chinese Herbal ◽  
Japanese Cedar Pollinosis

The effect of the chinese herbal medicine Dai-Kenchu-To on intestinal blood flow

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A248-A248
Author(s):  
N KAWASAKI ◽  
K NARIAI ◽  
M NAKAO ◽  
K NAKADA ◽  
N HANYUU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Chinese Herbal Medicine ◽  
Intestinal Blood Flow ◽  
Chinese Herbal

A trial of a Chinese herbal medicine for chronic hepatitis C

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A382-A382
Author(s):  
T SLADDEN ◽  
R BATEY ◽  
N KEEFE
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Hepatitis ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Chronic Hepatitis C ◽  
Chinese Herbal Medicine ◽  
Chinese Herbal
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