The Prescription Pattern of Chinese Herbal Products Containing Ginseng among Tamoxifen-Treated Female Breast Cancer Survivors in Taiwan: A Population-Based Study

Table 3

Top ten herbal formulae that form the TCM prescriptions with Ginseng that were prescribed to tamoxifen-treated breast cancer survivors from the National Health Insurance Catastrophic Illnesses Registry of Taiwan who were followed up from 1998 to 2008.

Herbal; formulae	English name	Frequency of prescriptions	Daily dose of ginseng/prescriptions (g)^*	Duration/prescriptions (day)
Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan	Celestial Emperor Heart-Supplementing Elixir	9,690	1.2 ± 0.8	9.2 ± 6.2
Xiao Chai Hu Tang	Minor Bupleurum Decoction	9,661	1.4 ± 1.1	7.6 ± 4.3
Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang	Pinellia Heart-Draining Decoction	9,655	1.8 ± 1.3	7.6 ± 4.7
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang	Costus Root and Amomum Six Gentlemen’s Decoction	9,406	1.0 ± 0.6	9.0 ± 5.5
Zhi Gan Cao Tang	Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction	8,584	0.4 ± 0.2	8.4 ± 4.9
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang	Center-Supplementing Qi-Boosting Decoction	8,327	1.4 ± 1.0	8.8 ± 5.4
Gui Pi Tang	Spleen-Returning Decoction	8,219	1.2 ± 0.9	9.6 ± 6.1
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang	Pubescent Angelica and Mistletoe Decoction	7,238	0.9 ± 0.7	8.6 ± 5.7
Sheng Mai San	Pulse-Engendering Powder	7,172	5.8 ± 4.3	8.8 ± 4.8
Mai Men Dong Tang	Ophiopogon Decoction	6,532	1.2 ± 0.9	6.6 ± 3.1

Presented as raw weight of ginseng.