Research Article
Identifying Chinese Herbal Medicine Network for Endometriosis: Implications from a Population-Based Database in Taiwan
Table 2
The top 10 most commonly used single herbs (SH) for endometriosis.
| Rank | Name | TCM indications | Prevalence (%) | Dose (gm/day) | Duration (days/visit) |
| 1 | Cyperus rotundus | Liver Qi stagnation | 18.8% | 1.05 | 11.9 | 2 | Corydalis yanhusuo | Qi stagnation and blood stasis | 16.9% | 1.22 | 10.6 | 3 | Leonurus heterophyllus | Blood stasis | 11.6% | 1.28 | 9.7 | 4 | Curcuma phaelculis | Qi stagnation and blood stasis | 10.3% | 1.53 | 12.4 | 5 | Salvia miltiorrhiza | Blood stasis | 9.7% | 1.23 | 10.1 | 6 | Typha angustifolia | Blood stasis | 8.6% | 1.24 | 12.1 | 7 | Trogopterus xanthipes | Blood stasis | 7.3% | 1.06 | 11.3 | 8 | Taraxacum mongolicum | Heat toxin | 6.9% | 1.63 | 15.4 | 9 | Cuscuta chinensis | Kidney deficiency | 6.8% | 1.21 | 10.9 | 10 | Sparganium stoloniferum | Qi stagnation and blood stasis | 6.8% | 1.55 | 11.3 |
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