A Review of In Vitro and In Vivo Studies on the Efficacy of Herbal Medicines for Primary Dysmenorrhea

Table 3

Herbal interventions used in 18 studies.

Herbal intervention	Reference
Herbal compounds
Isoliquiritigenin (from Glycyrrhiza glabra)	[35]
Wogonin (from Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi)	[66]
Ligustilide (from Angelica sinensis)	[62]
Individual herbal extracts
Core licorice	[67]
Adlay hull	[56]
Lepechinia caulescens	[63]
Commiphora myrrha	[27]
Boswellia carterii	[27]
Herbal formula decoctions
Dang-Gui-Shao-Yao-San (Danggui-Shaoyao-San)	[14, 25]
Bak Foong pills	[26, 64]
Xiang-Fu-Si-Wu decoction	[18, 58]
Shaofu Zhuyu decoction (Shao Fu Zhu Yu decoction)	[50, 65]
Shakuyaku-kanzo-to	[24]
Wen-Jing Tang	[61]
Yuanhu painkillers	[36]