Chinese Herbal Medicine for Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 2

Composition of formula and categories of TCM therapeutic methods.

Study ID	Categories of TCM therapeutical methods	Formula	Composition of formula
Cai 2015 [28]	MRLQS + MSHS	Shugan jianpi kaixin decoction	Radix bupleuri, Rhizoma chuanxiong, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Pericarpium citri reticulatae, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix astragali, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix polygalae tenuifoliae, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Fructus jujubae.
Chen et al. 2011 [30]	MRLQS	Self-made qingyu pingxin decoction	Massa medica fermentata, Radix bupleuri, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix rehmanniae, Tu ophiopogonis japonici, Radix et rhizoma rhei, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Chen et al. 2015 [29]	MRLQS + MSHS	Fuling shenzhi shuangxin pill	Poria, Sclerotium pararadicis poriae cocos, Cinnabaris, Radix polygalae tenuifoliae, Radix panacis ginseng, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Radix bupleuri, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Ding et al. 2010 [31]	MRLQS	Modification decoction of xiaoyao san	Radix bupleuri, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix angelicae sinensis, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Poria, Tuber curcumae, cortex albizziae julibrissinis, Radix polygalae tenuifoliae, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Fan 2011 [32]	MRLQS + MTQB	Modification mixture of tianwang buxin decoction	Tuber curcumae, Fructus schisandrae chinensis, Semen biotae orientalis, Radix salviae miltiorrhizae, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix rehmanniae, Radix polygalae tenuifoliae, Radix platycodi grandiflori, Radix bupleuri, Cucurbita pepo, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Radix codonopsitis pilosulae, Poria, Radix angelicae sinensis.
Fang 2014 [33]	MRLQS + MBASD	Self-made tiaoxue jieyu decoction	Radix bupleuri, Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix paeoniae alba, Poria, Cortex magnoliae officinalis, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Tuber curcumae, Cortex albizziae julibrissinis, Semen nelumbinis nucifarae, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Herba leonuri, Radix pseudoginseng, Fructus crataegi, Herba lophatheri, Radix polygalae tenuifoliae, Rhizoma acori tatarinowii, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Gao 2010 [34]	MTQB	Modification mixture of yulin decoction	Cornu degelatinum cervi, Semen cuscutae chinensis, Radix rehmanniae, Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix paeoniae alba, Rhizoma chuanxiong, Radix codonopsitis pilosulae, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Poria, Cortex eucommiae, Radix morindae officinalis, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Guo et al. 2011 [35]	MRLQS + MSHS	Modification decoction of chaihu shugan san and ganmai dazao tang	Radix bupleuri, Fructus citri aurantii, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Pericarpium citri reticulatae, Radix paeoniae alba, Rhizoma chuanxiong, Radix glycyrrhizae, Fructus levis tritici aestiva, Fructus jujubae.
Hao 2015 [36]	MRLQS + MSHS	Shugan jieyu capsule	Hypericum perforatum L., Acanthopanax senticosus.
He and Ren 2008 [37]	MRLQS	Modification decoction of xiaoyao san	Radix bupleuri, Poria, Rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Radix rehmanniae, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix et rhizoma rhei, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Hu 2013 [38]	MRLQS	Xiaoyao pill	Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix paeoniae alba, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix bupleuri, Poria, and so forth.
Jiang et al. 2012 [39]	MTQB	Zhen yuan capsule	Main flavour components is ginseng fruit saponins.
Jin and Ying 2013 [40]	MRLQS + MSHS	Shugan jieyu capsule	Hypericum perforatum L, Acanthopanax senticosus.
Lei and Fu 2015 [41]	MRLQS + MSHS	Jieyu xiaoyou decoction	Radix bupleuri, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix panacis ginseng, Poria, Sclerotium pararadicis poriae cocos, Radix angelicae sinensis, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix polygalae tenuifoliae, Radix glycyrrhizae, Tu ophiopogonis japonici, Tuber curcumae.
Li et al. 2013 [42]	MRLQS + MSHS + MBASD	Modification decoction of taohe chengqi and xiao chaihu	Semen pruni persicae, Radix cinnamomi cassiae, Rheum officinale Baill, Radix bupleuri, Radix scutellariae baicalensis, Pinellia ternata, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Radix panacis ginseng, Kadsura interior, Ficus simplicissima lour, Tuber curcumae, Os draconis, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Li and Zhang 2014 [43]	MRLQS	Self-made jieyu xiaoyou decoction	Radix bupleuri, Poria, Radix paeoniae alba, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix angelicae sinensis, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Radix polygalae tenuifoliae, Tuber curcumae, Tu ophiopogonis japonici.
Liang et al. 2012 [44]	MRLQS	Xiaoyao pill	Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix bupleuri, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix glycyrrhizae, Poria, Rhizoma zingiberis preparatum, Peppermint.
Lin et al. 2008 [45]	MRLQS	Electuary of xiaoyao san	Radix bupleuri, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix angelicae sinensis, Poria, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix glycyrrhizae, Peppermint, Uncooked rhizoma zingiberis.
Liu 2015 [46]	MTQB	Huo li su oral liquid	Radix astragali, Rhizoma polygonati, Fructus lycii chinensis, Radix polygoni multiflori, Radix salviae miltiorrhizae, Herba epimedii.
Lv 2007 [47]	MSHS	Gui pi decoction	Radix astragali, Arillus longan, Radix panacis ginseng, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix angelicae sinensis, Sclerotium pararadicis poriae cocos, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Radix polygalae tenuifolia, Radix aucklandiae, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Mi et al. 2014 [48]	MRLQS + MSHS	Decoction of jianpi tiaogan	Radix astragali, Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix bupleuri, Poria, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Rhizoma pinelliae ternatae, Cortex magnoliae officinalis, Rhizoma polygonati, Uncooked rhizoma zingiberis, Caulis perillae, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Pan and Wu 2013 [49]	MRLQS	Danzi xiaoyao pill	Radix bupleuri, Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix paeoniae alba, Poria, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephala, Cortex radix moutan, Fructus gardeniae jasminoidis, Peppermint, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Qian 2014 [50]	MRLQS + MSHS	Shugan jieyu capsule	Hypericum perforatum L, Acanthopanax senticosus.
Ran 2013 [21]	MRLQS	Decoction of danzhi xiaoyao san	Radix bupleuri, Peppermint, Cortex radix moutan, Fructus gardenige, Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix paeoniae alba, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Poria, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Ren 2009 [51]	MRLQS	Modification decoction of xiaoyao san	Radix bupleuri, Poria, Radix paeoniae alba, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix et rhizoma rhei, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Tu ophiopogonis japonici, Radix rehmanniae.
Shao et al. 2011 [52]	MRLQS	Xiao chaihu decoction	Radix bupleuri, Radix scutellariae baicalensis, Rhizoma pinelliae ternatae, Fructus jujubae, Radix glycyrrhizae, Uncooked rhizoma zingiberis, Radix paeoniae alba, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Bulbus lilii, Semen ziziphi spinosae.
Shi 2013 [53]	MRLQS + MSHS	Self-made liqi yangxue decoction	Radix bupleuri, Radix angelicae sinensis, Fructus citri aurantii, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Pericarpium citri reticulatae, Tuber curcumae, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix astragali, Radix codonopsitis pilosulae, Fructus jujubae, Arillus longan, Sclerotium pararadicis poriae cocos, Semen biotae orientalis, Radix polygalae tenuifoliae, Semen nelumbinis nucifarae, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Su 2014 [54]	MRLQS + MBASD	Shugan jieyu decoction	Radix bupleuri, Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix paeoniae alba, Tuber curcumae, Poria, Rhizoma chuanxiong, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, cortex albizziae julibrissinis, Flos carthami tinctorii, Semen pruni persicae, Radix rehmanniae, Bulbus lilii.
Sun 2012 [55]	MRLQS	Modification decoction of xiaoyao san	Radix bupleuri, Poria, Radix paeoniae alba, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix angelicae sinensis, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Rhizoma chuanxiong, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Wang et al. 2011 [56]	MRLQS	Self-made rougan decoction	Radix bupleuri, Radix angelicae sinensis, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix paeoniae alba, Tuber curcumae, Citrus reticulata blanco, Radix rehmanniae, Tu ophiopogonis japonici, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Wang 2012 [57]	MSHS	Shenqi jieyu granules	Radix astragali, Radix codonopsitis pilosulae, Radix angelicae sinensis, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Fructus corni, and so forth.
Wang et al. 2014 [59]	MTQB	Wu ling capsule	Main flavour components is Xylaria nigripes powder.
Wang et al. 2015 [58]	MRLQS	Modification mixture of self-made jieyu rougan decoction	Radix bupleuri, Fructus citri aurantii, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Pericarpium citri reticulatae, Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix paeoniae alba, Cortex albizziae julibrissinis, Tuber fleeceflower stem, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Poria, Uncooked rhizoma zingiberis, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Wei et al. 2009 [60]	MRLQS	Xiaoyao pill	Radix bupleuri, Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix paeoniae alba, Poria, Rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, Radix clycyrrhizae, and so forth.
Wu et al. 2014 [61]	MRLQS	Xiaoyao powder	Radix bupleuri, Poria, Radix paeoniae alba, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Radix angelicae sinensis, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Rhizoma chuanxiong, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Xu et al. 2006 [62]	MTQB	Bu xin pill	Radix angelicae sinensis, Rhizoma chuanxiong, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix rehmanniae, Radix panacis ginseng, Radix scrophulariae ningpoensis, Tu ophiopogonis japonici, Radix asparagi, Cinnabaris, Poria, Radix polygalae tenuifoliae, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Semen biotae orientalis.
Xu et al. 2013 [63]	MRLQS + MTQB	Yinao jieyu fang granule	Acanthopanax senticosus, Tuber curcumae, and so forth.
Zhang and Liu 2009 [66]	MTQB	Wu ling capsule	Main flavour components is Xylaria nigripes powder.
Zhang et al. 2014 [64]	MRLQS + MSHS	Shugan jieyu capsule	Hypericum perforatum L, Acanthopanax senticosus.
Zhang 2015 [65]	MRLQS + MSHS	Shugan jieyu capsule	Hypericum perforatum L, Acanthopanax senticosus.
Zhao and Lin 2006 [67]	MRLQS	Decoction of chaihu shugan san	Radix bupleuri, Fructus citri aurantii, Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Pericarpium citri reticulatae, Radix paeoniae alba, Rhizoma chuanxiong, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Zheng 2013 [68]	MTQB + MBASD	Shen gui ren mixture	Radix panacis ginseng, Radix angelicae sinensis, Semen ziziphi spinosae.
Zheng 2015 [26]	MRLQS + MBASD	Decoction of shenghua xiaoyao san	Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix rubrus paeoniae lactiflorae, Poria, Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae, Semen pruni persicae, Radix bupleuri, Rhizoma zingiberis preparatum, Peppermint, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Zhou 2013 [69]	MRLQS + MTQB	Self-made yangxue ningshen decoction	Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix paeoniae alba, Radix bupleuri, Radix salviae miltiorrhizae, Tuber curcumae, Semen ziziphi spinosae, cortex albizziae julibrissinis, Radix polygalae tenuifoliae, Radix glycyrrhizae.
Zhou et al. 2015 [70]	MRLQS + MSHS	Modification mixture of yueju wan and ganmai dazao tang	Rhizoma cyperi rotundi, Rhizoma chuanxion, Rhizoma atractylodis, Massa medica fermentata, Fructus gardeniae jasminoidis, Radix glycyrrhizae, Fructus levis tritici aestiva, Fructus jujubae.
Zhu 2008 [71]	MRLQS + MTQB	Yangxin jieyu decoction	Radix astragali, Radix bupleuri, Radix scutellariae baicalensis, Radix panacis ginseng, Radix glycyrrhizae, Radix rehmanniae, Fructus schisandrae chinensis, Radix angelicae sinensis, Semen biotae orientalis, Semen ziziphi spinosae, Radix salviae miltiorrhizae, Uncooked rhizoma zingiberis, Fructus jujubae.
Zhu 2014 [72]	MRLQS + MTQB + MBASD	Modification mixture of suan zao ren decoction	Semen ziziphi spinosae, Poria, Rhizoma chuanxiong, Rhizoma anemarrhenae, Tuber curcumae, Radix angelicae sinensis, Radix glycyrrhizae, Radix bupleuri.

MRLQS: the method of relieving liver qi stagnation (shu gan jie yu fa); MSHS: the method of strengthening heart and spleen (bu yi xin pi fa); MBASD: the method of blood-activating and stasis-dissolving (huo xue hua yu fa); MTQB: the method of tonifying qi and blood (bu yi qi xue fa).