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Use of Chinese Herbal Medicine Improves Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia among Gynecological Cancer Patients: An Observational Study
Table 1
Composition of Chang Gung platelet elevating formula (CGPEF).
| Chinese herbal products | Weight (gm) |
| Cervus nippon Temminck | 1.8 | Trionyx sinensis (Wiegmann) | 1.6 | Phellodendron chinense Schneid. | 0.7 | Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels. | 0.7 | Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer | 0.7 | Paeonia lactiflora Pall. | 0.7 | Achyranthes bidentata Blume | 0.6 | Zingiber officinale Rosc. | 0.6 | Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. | 0.5 | Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge | 0.5 | Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. | 0.5 | Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf | 0.5 | Polygala tenuifolia Willd. | 0.4 | Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. | 0.4 | Citrus reticulata Blanco | 0.4 | Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge | 0.4 | Zizyphus jujuba Mill. | 0.3 | Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud. | 0.3 | Zizyphus jujuba Mill. | 0.3 | Cinnamomum cassia Blume | 0.2 | Lycium barbarum L. | 0.2 | Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. | 0.2 | Cynomorium songaricum Rupr. | 0.2 | Aucklandia lappa Decne. | 0.1 |
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Each CGPEF contains 24 Chinese herbs (12.7 gm) and 5.3 gm starch, totally 18 gm; daily dose: 72 gm. |