Research Article
The Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine on Albuminuria Levels in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 2
The 14 herbs used most often for Chinese herbal preparations in the included 29 RCTs.
| English herbal name (Chinese pinyin) | Number of occurrences in 29 herbal preparations | Frequency of use (%) |
| Astragalus (Huang Qi) | 22 | 75.86 | Salvia miltiorrhiza (Dan Shen) | 15 | 51.72 | Poria (Fuling) | 10 | 34.48 | Rhizoma Dioscoreae Oppositae (Shan Yao) | 9 | 31.03 | Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di Huang) | 7 | 24.14 | Fructus Macrocarpii (Shan Zhu Yu) | 7 | 24.14 | Rhizoma Polygonati Sibirici (Huang Jing) | 7 | 24.14 | Rhizoma Alismatis (Ze Xie) | 7 | 24.14 | Radix Rehmanniae preparata (Shu Di Huang) | 6 | 20.69 | Herba Leonuri Japonici (Yi Mu Cao) | 6 | 20.69 | Radix et Rhizoma Rhei Palmati (Da Huang) | 6 | 20.69 | Rhizoma Chuanxiong (Chuan Xiong) | 5 | 17.24 | Radix Codonopsis (Dang Shen) | 5 | 17.24 | Radix Pseudostellariae (Tai Zi Shen) | 5 | 17.24 |
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Frequency of use = number of occurrences/total number of herbal preparations.
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