Hedyotis diffusa Combined with Scutellaria barbata Are the Core Treatment of Chinese Herbal Medicine Used for Breast Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Study

Table 4

The top ten most common combinations of two Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) used for breast cancer treatment in Taiwan in 2008 (total prescription number, 𝑁 = 37,176; *duplex medicinal, defined as two SHs^c).

Rank	Combination of two CHM	Support factor (%)	Confidence factor (%)	Number of prescriptions
*1	Hedyotis diffusa, Scutellaria barbata	10.88	77.36	4045
2	Scutellaria barbata, San-Zhong-Kui-Jian-Tang	4.01	50.78	1492
3	Hedyotis diffusa,  San-Zhong-Kui-Jian-Tang	3.76	47.52	1396
*4	Taraxacum mongolicum, Millettia dielsiana	3.22	33.91	1197
5	Taraxacum mongolicum, Zhen-Ren-Huo-Ming-Yin	2.58	50.16	960
*6	Hedyotis diffusa, Fritillaria thunbergii Miq.	2.34	31.42	870
*7	Hedyotis diffusa, Smilax glbra Roxb.	2.29	76.09	853
*8	Scutellaria barbata, Smilax glbra Roxb.	2.06	68.33	766
9	Hedyotis diffusa, Wen-Dan-Tang	1.92	49.83	715
10	Hedyotis diffusa,  Xiang-Sha-Liu-Jun-Zi-Tang	1.82	31.33	677

cSH refers to single herbs.