Research Article

Traditional Chinese Medicine Zheng in the Era of Evidence-Based Medicine: A Literature Analysis

Table 1

Ten most common diseases in Chinese-language TCM Zheng-related clinical studies.

No.DiseaseFrequency

1Heart failure7,953
2Rheumatoid arthritis5,754
3Rheumatic heart disease4,802
4Diabetes mellitus4,386
5Myocardial infarction3,519
6Respiratory failure2,439
7Arrhythmia2,021
8Chronic obstructive lung disease2,009
9Gastritis1,414
10Osteoarthritis1,205