Research Article

An Investigation of the Prescription Patterns of Chinese Herbal Products for Chronic Glomerulonephritis Patients: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

The top ten most commonly used herbal formulas for chronic glomerulonephritis (n = 54726).

Herbal formulaConstituentsIndication of TCM syndromeAverage daily dose (gm/day)Counts Visit (n)Prevalence Visits (%)

Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San (JWXYS)Paeonia lactiflora Pall., Bupleurum chinense DC., Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz., Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf, Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels., Mentha haplocalyx Briq., Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch., Zingiber officinale Rosc., Paeonia suffruticosa Andr., and Gardenia jasminoides Ellis.Liver and spleen blood deficiency with heat transforming, liver qi stagnation7.33293960.2
Bu-Yang- Huan-Wu –Tang (BYHWT)Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge., Paeonia veitchii Lynch, Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels., Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort., Carthamus tinctorius L., Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, Pheretima Aspergillum.Qi deficiency with blood stagnation4.12039537.3
Du-Huo-Ji-Sheng-ang (DHJST)Angelica pubescens Maxim, Taxillus chinensis (DC.) Danser, Eucommia ulmoides Oliver, Achyranthes bidentata Blume, Asarum heterotropoides Fr. Schmidt, Gentiana macrophylla Pall, Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf, Cinnamomum cassia Presl, Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischek, Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort., Panax ginseng C.A. Mey., Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch., Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels., Paeonia lactiflora Pall., Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch.liver-kidney depletion, dual deficiency of qi and blood, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia3.21039319.0
Ching-Shin-Lian-Tzyy- Yinn (CSLTY)Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Ophiopogon japonicus, cortex lycii radicis, Plantago asiatica L., Panax ginseng C.A. Mey., Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch., Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge., Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf.hyperactive heart fire, dual deficiency of qi and yin dampness-heat pouring downward4.1826415.1
Zhi-Bo- Di-Huang- Wan (ZBDHW)Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch, Dioscorea opposita Thunb., Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc., Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf, Alisma orientalis (Sam.) Juzep., Paeonia suffruticosa Andr., Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Phellodendron amurense Rupr.liver-kidney yin deficiency, deficiency fire flaming upward4.2703712.9
Shu-Jing- Huo-Xue- Tang (SJHXT)Angelica sinensis, Paeonia lactiflora Pall, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch, Atractylodes Lancea, Achyranthes bidentata Blume, Citrus reticulata Blanco, Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, Clematis chinensis Osbeck, Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort., Stephania tetrandra S. Moore, Notopterygium incisum, Angelica dahurica, Gentiana scabra Bge, Poria cocos, Zingiber officinale Rosc.,wind-dampness syndrome, blood stasis at meridian and collateral3.8616411.3
Xiang-Sha- Liu-Jun-Zi- Tang (XSLJZT)Aquilaria sinensis, Amomum villosum Lour, Citrus reticulata Blanco, Pinellia ternata (Thunb.), Panax ginseng C.A. Mey, Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz., Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.spleen-stomach weakness, dampness obstruction with qi stagnation2.9585610.7
Xiao-Qing-Long-Tang (XQLT)Ephedra sinica Stapf, Cinnamomum cassia Blume, Paeonia lactiflora Pall, Zingiber officinale Rosc., Asarum heterotropoides Fr. Schmidt, Schisandra chinensis(Turcz.) Baill, Pinellia ternata (Thunb.), Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.wind-cold fettering the exterior, retained fluid3.249669.1
Ma-Zi-Ren-Wan (MZRW)Cannabis sativa L., Paeonia lactiflora Pall., Citrus aurantium L., Rheum palmatum L., Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils., Prunus armeniaca L. var. ansu Maxim..Intestinal-stomach dryness-heat, hard bound stool.1.744718.2
Ji-Sheng-Shen-Qi-Wan (JSSQW)Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch, Dioscorea opposita Thunb., Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc., Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf, Alisma orientalis (Sam.) Juzep., Paeonia suffruticosa Andr., Cinnamomum cassia Blume, Aconitum carmichaelii, Achyranthes bidentata BL., Plantago asiatica L..kidney yang deficiency, qi transformation abnormal.4.0741027.5