Chinese Herbal Medicine as an Adjunctive Therapy Improves the Survival Rate of Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study

Table 3

Top ten single herbs and formulas prescribed by traditional Chinese medicine physicians to treat patients with ischemic heart disease.

Herbal formula	Frequency	Number of person-days	Average daily dose (g)	Average duration for prescription (days)
Single herb
Danshen	678	7730	1.4	12.2
Huang qi	264	2610	2.0	9.9
Niu xi	144	2483	1.3	17.2
Da huang	137	1435	0.4	10.5
Fu zi	137	1302	1.1	9.5
San qi	134	1061	2.3	7.9
Ji xue teng	111	2123	1.4	19.1
Hong hua	108	1734	1.2	8.4
Xu duan	107	1897	1.1	8.9
Ze xie	96	751	1.1	7.8
CHM formula
Zhi-Gan-Cao-Tang	459	4861	4.5	10.6
Xue-fu-Zhu-Yu-Tang	338	3332	5.5	9.9
Tian-Wang-Bu-Xin-Dan	202	2546	4.60	12.6
Sheng-Mai-San	178	2404	4.40	13.5
Yang-Xin-Tang	137	955	8.9	7.0
Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San	92	1333	3.9	14.5
Ji-Sehng-Shen-Qi-Wan	90	1511	4.70	16.8
Sheng-Mai-Yin	87	833	4.0	9.6
Zhen-Wu-Tang	84	857	8.60	10.2
Ma-Zi-Ren-Wan	75	1425	1.8	19.0

CHM: Chinese herbal medicine.