Does Adjuvant Treatment with Chinese Herbal Medicine to Antidiabetic Agents Have Additional Benefits in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes? A System Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 3

Herbal medicines in the included studies.

First author year	Name of Herbs	Formulation	Compositions (Latin)	Usage
Xu 2014	Gegen Qin-lian tang	decoction	Radix Puerariae, Picrorhizae Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix, licorice	200ml, Bid
Tong 2009	Tang Ming-ling pills	pills	Radix Bupleuri, Scutellariae Radix, Radix Rhei Et Rhizome, Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, Picrorhizae Rhizoma, Arum Ternatum Thunb.	6g, Tid
Wangshu 2014	Tang Ke Soft Capsules	capsules	Schisandrae Sphenantherae Fructus	1 capsule, Bid
Zhang 2008	Berberine tablets	tablets	Berberin	0.5g, Bid
Tong 2013	Tang Ming-ling pills(TM81)	pills	Radix Bupleuri, Scutellariae Radix, Radix Rhei Et Rhizome, Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, Picrorhizae Rhizoma, Arum Ternatum Thunb.	6g, Tid
Lian 2011	Tian Qi Jiang Tang Capsules	Capsules	Hedysarum Multijugum Maxim., Trichosanthis Radix, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo, Panax Ginseng C. A. Mey., Lycii Cortex, Picrorhizae Rhizoma, Cornus Officinalis Sieb. Et Zucc., Ecliptae Herba, Galla Chinensis	5 Capsules, Tid
Wang 2014	Six-ingredient rehmannia pill; and Folium ginkgo tablet	tablets	Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, Cornus Officinalis Sieb. Et Zucc.,Cortex Moutan, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Poria Cocos(Schw.) Wolf., Alisma Orientale (Sam.) Juz.,Ginkgo Folium	Six-ingredient rehmannia pill, 8 pills, Tid; Folium ginkgo tablet, 2 tablets, Tid
Lian 2015	Jin li da granules	granules	Panax Ginseng C. A. Mey., Polygonati Rhizoma, Picrorhizae Rhizoma, Sophorae Flavescentis Radix, Ophiopogon japonicus (Linn. f.) Ker-Gawl, Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, Fallopia multiflora (Thunb.) Harald, Cornus Officinalis Sieb. Et Zucc., Poria Cocos(Schw.) Wol, Eupatorium Fortunei Turcz, Picrorhizae Rhizoma, Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, Epimrdii Herba、Radix Salviae, Radix Puerariae, Litchi Semen, Lycii Cortex	9g/bag, Tid
Ji2013a,b	Xiao Ke pills	pills	Radix Puerariae, Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, Hedysarum Multijugum Maxim., Trichosanthis Radix, Maydis Stigma, Schisandrae Sphenantherae Fructus, Rhizoma Dioscoreae	5 pills
Hu 2016	Jian Yu Tang Kang granule	tablets	Hedysarum Multijugum Maxim, Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, Atractylodes Lancea (Thunb.)Dc., Figwort Root, Picrorhizae Rhizoma, Euonymi Alati Ramulus	9 tablets, Tid