Applications and Therapeutic Actions of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Women with Genital Infection

Table 2

List of effective Chinese herbal compounds for genital infection with external therapy of TCM.

The frequency of; related articles	Chinese herbal compound	Formula composition	Administration route	Disease	The average effective rate
𝑁=47.37%; [34–42]	Hongtengtang	Caulis Sargentodoxae, Herba Patriniae, Herba Taraxaci, Rhizoma Sparganii, Rhizoma Curcumae, Radix Astragali	Rectal	PID	RR, 1.31; (1.23, 1.39)
𝑁=10.53%; [43, 44]	Kushentang	Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Fructus Cnidii, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Fructus Kochiae, Cortex Phellodendri	Vaginal lavage/steaming washing/intravaginal administration	Vaginitis/cervicitis	RR, 1.33; (1.18, 1.51)
𝑁=15.79%; [45–47]	Shechuangzisan	Fructus Cnidii, Fructus Kochiae, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Stemona  sessilifolia, Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis, Cortex Dictamni	Steaming washing/vaginal lavage	Vaginitis	RR, 1.15; (1.08, 1.24)
𝑁=26.32%; [33, 48–51]	Longdanxiegantang	Radix Gentianae, Radix Scutellariae, Gardenia  jasminoides Ellis, Rhizoma Alismatis, Caulis Akebiae, Semen Plantaginis, Angelica  sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Bupleuri, Glycyrrhiza  uralensis	Steaming washing	Vaginitis	RR, 1.07; (1.03, 1.12)