Does Adjuvant Treatment with Chinese Herbal Medicine to Antidiabetic Agents Have Additional Benefits in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes? A System Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 2

Analysis of the top 16 frequently used Chinese herb medicines in treatment of T₂DM.

Herb name English (Latin)	Frequency	frequency %	Cumulative percentiles %
goldthread root (Coptis chinensis)	7	8.64	8.64
Rehmannia glutinosa (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata)	5	6.17	14.81
Panax ginseng (Panax Ginseng C. A. Mey.)	5	6.17	20.98
Lobed Kudzuvine Root (Radix Puerariae)	3	3.70	24.68
Milkvetch Root (Hedysarum Multijugum Maxim.)	3	3.70	28.38
Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim (Trichosanthis Radix)	3	3.70	32.08
Bupleurum chinense (Radix Bupleuri)	2	2.47	34.55
Rhubarb (Radix Rhei Et Rhizome)	2	2.47	37.02
Lycium chinense Mill root (Lycii Cortex)	2	2.47	39.49
Wolfiporia cocos (Poria Cocos(Schw.) Wolf.)	2	2.47	41.96
Scutellaria baicalensis (Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi)	2	2.47	44.43
nagaimo (Dioscorea opposita)	2	2.47	46.90
Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc (Cornus officinalis)	2	2.47	49.37
Atractylodes Lancea (Thunb.)DC.(Rhizoma Atractylodis)	2	2.47	51.84
Prunus mume (Dark Plum Fruit)	2	2.47	54.31
Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (Anemarrhena asphodeloides)	2	2.47	56.78