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TCM pattern
| Chinese name | Randomized controlled trials | Controlled trials | Case series |
| No. of studies | Mean effective rate in %
(range, SD, 95% CI) | No. of studies | Mean effective rate in %
(range, SD, 95% CI) | No. of studies | Mean effective rate in %
(range, SD, 95% CI) |
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| Chinese herbal medicine | | | | | | | |
| Deficiency of both the heart and spleen | 心 脾兩 虛 | 9 | 88.9
(68.8–100.0, 11.4, 80.2–97.7) | 3 | 97.6
(92.9–100.0, 4.1, 87.4–107.9) | 17 | 86.5
(60.0–100.0, 12.1, 80.3–92.7) |
| Hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency | 陰 虛火 旺 | 10 | 86.1
(66.7–100.0, 9.8, 79.1–93.1) | 3 | 79.2
(50.0–94.7, 25.3, 16.3–142.1) | 10 | 88.3
(66.7–100.0, 10.6, 80.7–95.9) |
| Liver-qi stagnation transforming into fire | 肝 鬱化 火 | 6 | 95.0
(89.5–100.0, 4.7, 90.1–100.0) | 2 | 96.7
(93.3–100.0, 4.7, 54.3–139.0) | 8 | 79.1
(20.0–100.0, 28.6, 55.1–103.0) |
| Heart-kidney noninteraction | 心 腎不 交 | 1 | 90.9
/ | 0 | / | 4 | 86.9
(84.9–89.7, 2.1, 83.5–90.3) |
| Internal disturbance of phlegm heat | 痰 熱內 擾 | 5 | 84.4
(50.0–100.0, 20.7, 58.7–110.2) | 1 | 100.0
/ | 8 | 86.3
(43.3–100.0, 18.0, 71.2–101.3) |
| Qi deficiency of the heart and gallbladder | 心 膽氣 虛 | 0 | / | 1 | 66.7
/ | 5 | 75.3
(26.7–100.0, 30.0, 38.1–112.5) |
| Liver fire flaming upward | 肝 火上 擾 | 0 | / | 0 | / | 1 | 80.0
/ |
| Heart deficiency with timidity | 心 虛膽 怯 | 5 | 79.4
(42.9–100.0, 22.0, 52.1–106.8) | 1 | 87.5
/ | 1 | 77.8
/ |
| Disharmony between spleen and stomach | 脾 胃不 和 | 0 | / | 0 | / | 1 | 88.9
/ |
| Stomach disharmony | 胃 腑不 和 | 1 | 85.7
/ | 0 | / | 0 | / |
| Acupuncture | | | | | | | |
| Deficiency of both the heart and spleen | 心 脾兩 虛 | 4 | 94.4
(91.5–100.0, 3.9, 88.3–100.5) | 3 | 83.4
(63.6–93.5, 17.1, 40.9–126.0) | 13 | 90.8
(69.2–100.0, 8.7, 85.5–96.0) |
| Hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency | 陰 虛火 旺 | 4 | 81.9
(50.0–96.7, 21.8, 47.2–116.5) | 4 | 87.7
(73.3–98.0, 10.4, 71.2–104.2) | 9 | 88.8
(41.7–100.0, 18.3, 74.7–102.9) |
| Liver-qi stagnation transforming into fire | 肝 鬱化 火 | 1 | 75.0
/ | 2 | 97.6
(96.6–98.3, 1.0, 88.3–106.9) | 6 | 81.5
(50.0–100.0, 19.8, 60.7–102.2) |
| Heart-kidney noninteraction | 心 腎不 交 | 1 | 90.9
/ | 1 | 95.0
/ | 5 | 96.3
(87.5–100.0, 5.6, 89.4–103.2) |
| Internal disturbance of phlegm heat | 痰 熱內 擾 | 2 | 94.5
(88.9–100.0, 7.8, 23.9–165.0) | 1 | 95.0
/ | 5 | 95.0
(90.0–100.0, 4.7, 89.2–100.9) |
| Qi deficiency of the heart and gallbladder | 心 膽氣 虛 | 0 | / | 3 | 76.9
(75.0–80.8, 3.3, 68.6–85.2) | 4 | 75.0
(0.0–100.0, 50.0, −4.6–154.6) |
| Liver fire flaming upward | 肝 火上 擾 | 2 | 92.9a
/ | 0 | / | 3 | 87.9
(63.0–100.0, 21.0, 35.7–140.1) |
| Heart deficiency with timidity | 心 虛膽 怯 | 1 | 100.0
/ | 0 | / | 4 | 90.1
(70.0–100.0, 14.1, 67.6–112.6) |
| Disharmony between spleen and stomach | 脾 胃不 和 | 0 | / | 0 | / | 3 | 98.1
(94.4–100.0, 3.2, 90.1–106.2) |
| Stomach disharmony | 胃 腑不 和 | 2 | 100.0a
/ | 0 | / | 2 | 90.0
(80.0–100.0, 14.1, −37.1–217.1) |
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