| Author, year | Sample size (EG▲) | Sample size (CG▲) | Age (EG) | Age (CG) | Disease severity (EG) | Disease severity (CG) | Intervention method (/d) (EG) | Intervention methods (/d) (CG) | Duration treatment (d) (EG) | Duration treatment (d) (CG) |
| Zhou, 2007 [13] | 36 | 36 | 55.2 ± 6.1 | 53.8 ± 6.3 | SUA■ (umol/L): 518.2 ± 56.4 | SUA (umol/L): 518.6 ± 46.8 | Swordlike atractylodes (15 g), largehead atractylodes rhizome (15 g), Indian buead (15 g), plantain seed (10 g), etc. | Allopurinol (0.1 g 3) | 21 | 21 | Chen, 2008 [14] | 38 | 36 | 22~65 | 22~65 | N/A | N/A | Glabrous greenbrier rhizome (45 g), seven-lobed yam rhizome (30 g), Carica papaya (15 g), plantain seed (15 g), etc. | Allopurinol 0.2 g | 28 | 28 | Yu, 2012 [15] | 50 | 50 | 48.12 ± 10.2 | 47.12 ± 11.5 | SUA (umol/L) (585.83 ± 93.93) | SUA (umol/L) (584.94 ± 90.29) | Glabrous greenbrier rhizome (50 g), herba lysimachiae (50 g), cortex phellodendri chinensis (15 g), swordlike atractylodes (15 g), etc. | Allopurinol (0.1 g 2) | 30 | 30 | Tan et al., 2013 [16] | 30 | 30 | 44.17 ± 8.27 | 45.23 ± 9.35 | The course of disease: (8.54 ± 4.07) years | The course of disease: (8.10 ± 3.46) years | Glabrous greenbrier rhizome (15 g), seven-lobed yam rhizome (20 g), jobstears seed (10 g), herba lysimachiae (15 g), etc. | Allopurinol (0.1 g 3) | 56 | 56 | Li, 2007 [17] | 40 | 40 | 55~81 | 52~78 | N/A | N/A | Jobstears seed (30 g), glabrous greenbrier rhizome (30 g), plantain deed (20 g), seven-lobed yam rhizome (20 g), etc. | Allopurinol (0.1 g 3) | 60 | 60 | Xiang et al., 2014 [18] | 51 | 51 | 45.62 ± 5.05 | 44.72 ± 5.58 | The course of disease: (1.96 ± 0.45) years | The course of disease: (1.13 ± 0.46) years | Radix clematidis (60 g), rhizoma polygonati odorati (20 g), radix achyranthis bidentatae (15 g) | Allopurinol (0.05 g 3) | 90 | 90 | Cai et al., 2014 [19] | 50 | 50 | 48 ± 10 | 47 ± 12 | SUA (umol/L) (517.2 ± 86.33) | SUA (umol/L) (514.5 ± 90.29) | Cortex phellodendri chinensis (15 g), swordlike atractylodes (15 g), plantain seed (10 g), oriental waterplantain rhizome (10 g), etc. | Allopurinol (0.1 g 3) | 28 | 28 | Zhou et al., 2010 [20] | 30 | 30 | 35–74 | 32–75 | N/A | N/A | Glabrous greenbrier rhizome (40 g), cortex phellodendri chinensis (15 g), swordlike atractylodes (15 g), jobstears seed (20 g), etc. | Allopurinol (0.1 g 2) | 28 | 28 | Hong and Shen, 2011 [21] | 36 | 18 | 51.8 ± 6.6 | 49.7 ± 5.1 | SUA (umol/L) (546.0 ± 78.1) | SUA (umol/L) (533.0 ± 62.31) | Glabrous greenbrier rhizome (15 g), cortex phellodendri chinensis (10 g), swordlike atractylodes (10 g), jobstears seed (30 g), etc. | Allopurinol (0.1 g 3) | 60 | 60 | Hu, 2006 [22] | 40 | 40 | 39.38 ± 10.89 | 40.88 ± 11.13 | The course of disease: (2.64 ± 1.96) years, hypertension: 11, diabetes: 4, and hyperlipidaemia: 17 | The course of disease: (2.69 ± 1.86) years, hypertension: 14, diabetes: 1, and hyperlipidaemia: 15 | Glabrous greenbrier rhizome (30 g), jobstears seed (15 g), oriental waterplantain rhizome (15 g), herba lysimachiae (20 g), etc. | Probenecid () | 28 | 28 | Zhang et al., 2011 [23] | 28 | 28 | 56.07 ± 17.62 | 53.18 ± 16.40 | Hypertension: 9, diabetes: 7, hyperlipidaemia: 6, and coronary heart disease: 5 | Hypertension: 11, diabetes: 8, hyperlipidaemia: 7, and coronary heart disease: 5 | Glabrous greenbrier rhizome (35 g), seven-lobed yam rhizome (18 g), pseudobulb cremastra seu pleiones (15 g), radix achyranthis bidentatae (10 g), etc. | Benzbromarone (50 mg 1) | 20 | 20 |
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