Chinese Herbal Medicine in the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure: Three-Stage Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

The distribution of symptoms in 176 literatures.

Symptom	Frequency	Rate (%)
Palpitation	233	5.6
Shortness of breath	160	3.9
Edema	159	3.8
Lassitude	153	3.7
Thread pulse	146	3.5
Dyspnea	126	3.0
Wheeze	117	2.8
Pale tongue	111	2.7
Intermittent pulse	110	2.7
Knotted pulse	110	2.7
Oliguria	101	2.4
Sweating	100	2.4