Review Article
Chinese Herbal Bath Therapy for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Table 2
Top 20 Chinese herbs and efficacy according to the frequency of usage in 15 bath prescriptions.
| English name | Latin name | Chinese Pinyin name | Frequency of usage |
| Pain relief | | | | Garden Balsam Stem | Caulis Impatientis | Tougucao | 11 | Common Clubmoss Herb | Herba Lycopodii | Shenjincao | 9 | Clematis Root | Radix Clematidis | Weilingxian | 8 | Bark of Himalayan Coralbean | Erythrina variegata | Haitongpi | 6 | Doubleteeth Pubescent Angilica Root | Radix Angelicae Pubescentis | Duhuo | 6 | Common Floweringquince Fruit | Fructus Chaenomelis | Mugua | 6 | Slenderstyle Acanthopanax Bark | Cortex Acanthopanacis | Wujiapi | 5 | Divaricate Saposhnikovia Root | Radix Saposhnikoviae | Fangfeng | 5 | Manchurian Wildginger | Herba Asari | Xixin | 4 | Activating blood circulation | | | | Safflower | Flos Carthami | Honghua | 10 | Twotooth Achyranthes Root | Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae | Niuxi | 8 | Chinese Angelica | Radix Angelicae Sinensis | Danggui | 8 | Suberect Spatholobus Stem | Caulis Spatholobi | Jixueteng | 5 | Sappan Wood | Lignum Sappan | Sumu | 4 | Szechuan Lovage Rhizome | Rhizoma Chuanxiong | Chuanxiong | 4 | Anti-rheumatic effects | | | | Common Monkshood Mother Root | Radix Aconiti | Chuanwu | 8 | Cassia Twig | Ramulus Cinnamomi | Guizhi | 8 | Kusnezoff Monkshood Root | Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii | Caowu | 7 | Pricklyash Peel | Fructus Zanthoxyli | Huajiao | 7 | Argy Wormwood Leaf | Folium Artemisiae Argyi | Aiye | 6 |
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These herbs are thought to have anti-inflammatory effects.
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