An Overview of the Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials of Chinese Herbal Medicine Formula Granules

Table 7

The overview of the effectiveness of CHM formula granules based on conventional therapy.

Diseases	No. of studies	Cure rate		Effectiveness rate
		CHM granules	Placebo	CHM granules	Placebo
Chronic Hepatitis B; HBV DNA (HBeAg)	3	47.0%; (30.6%)	28.0%; (16.2%)	-	-
Myasthenia gravis	1	0.0%	0.0%	90.0%	88.9%
Herpes simplex keratitis	1	70.1%	42.9%	100.0%	96.8%
Depression	1	37.5%	24.2%	87.5%	75.8%
COPD	3	-	-	93.2%	82.3%
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy	1	-	-	87.5%	70.2%
Angina pectoris	1	-	-	75.9%	66.7%

P<0.05 (result of individual study or meta-analysis).