Chinese Herbal Medicines Compared with N-Acetylcysteine for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:18.82em"/><col style="width:3.83em"/><col style="width:3.41em"/><col style="width:9.96em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Herbal medicine</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Frequency</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">TCM diagnosis</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Count</td><td class="align_center">%</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Astragalus </i>(Huang Qi)</td><td class="align_center">10</td><td class="align_center">76.92</td><td class="align_center">Qi deficiency</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Radix Pseudostellaria </i>(Tai Zishen)</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">30.77</td><td class="align_center">Qi and Yin deficiency</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Radix Ophiopogonis</i> (Mai Dong)</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">30.77</td><td class="align_center">Yin deficiency</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Rehmanniae Radix</i> (Sheng Dihuang)</td><td class="align_center">3</td><td class="align_center">23.08</td><td class="align_center">Yin deficiency</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Peach kernel</i> (Tao Ren)</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">46.15</td><td class="align_center">Blood stasis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort</i> (Chuan Xiong)</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">30.77</td><td class="align_center">Blood stasis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Carthamus tinctorius L.</i> (Hong Hua)</td><td class="align_center">3</td><td class="align_center">23.08</td><td class="align_center">Blood stasis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Radix Paeoniae Rubra</i> (Chi Shao)</td><td class="align_center">3</td><td class="align_center">23.08</td><td class="align_center">Blood stasis</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>TCM: Traditional Chinese Medicine.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Herbs frequently used and common traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic categories.</div>

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Table 3: Chinese Herbal Medicines Compared with N-Acetylcysteine for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials 

Table 3 | Chinese Herbal Medicines Compared with N-Acetylcysteine for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials 