Chinese Herbal Medicine as an Adjunctive Therapy Ameliorated the Incidence of Chronic Hepatitis in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study

Table 3

Ten most common herbs and formulas prescribed.

Herbal formula	Frequency	Number of person-days	Average daily dose	Average duration for prescription
			(g)	(Days)
Single herb
Hedyotis diffusa	28428	368769	1.5	13
Taraxacum officinale	20713	260518	1.7	12.6
Scutellaria barbata	19329	249317	2	12.9
Spatholobus suberectus	12432	163265	1.7	13.1
Salvia miltiorrhiza	11319	137929	1.6	12.2
Zizyphi Spinosi Semen	9981	124473	1.9	12.5
Astragalus membranaceus	10585	122984	1.7	11.6
Rhei Rhizoma	9590	111498	0.6	11.6
Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.	8338	110657	1.4	13.3
Fritillaria thunbergii Miq.	8459	98822	1.5	11.7
Formula
Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San	23987	302757	5.3	12.6
Xiang-Sha-Liu-Jun-Zi-Tang	9450	123266	4.2	13
San-Zhong-Kui-Jian-Tang	9672	113868	4.6	11.8
Suan-Zao-Ren-Tang	6901	98059	4.1	14.2
Gui-Pi-Tang	7367	92932	5	12.6
Zhen-Ren-Huo-Ming-Yin	6797	88308	4.4	13
Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang	7445	87686	4.6	11.8
Zhi-Bai-Di-Huang-Wan	6081	81750	4.5	13.4
Xue-Fu-Zhu-Yu-Tang	6022	78473	6.6	13
Sheng-Mai-Yin	6602	78261	4.3	11.9