Association between Oral Chinese Herbal Medicine and Recurrence and Metastasis in Patients with Stages II and III Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study in China

Table 3

Top 20 CHMs used in the “target population.”

Mandarin Chinese names	Generic names	Functions	Frequencies
Fuling	Poria	To promote urination, to drain dampness, fortify the spleen, and calm the heart	79
Baizhu	Atractylodis macrocephalae rhizoma	To fortify the spleen, replenish qi, dry dampness, promote urination, stop sweating, and prevent miscarriage	79
Mohanlian	Ecliptae herba	To nourish the liver and kidney, cool the blood, and stanch bleeding	64
Nvzhenzi	Ligustri Lucidi fructus	To nourish the liver and kidney, improve vision, and blacken hairs	64
Gancao	Radix glycyrrhizae praeparata	To clear heat, drain dampness, and remove toxins	58
Huanglian	Coptidis rhizoma	To clear heat, drain dampness, purge fire, and remove toxin	56
Dangshen	Codonopsis radix	To fortify the spleen, replenish the lungs, nourish blood, and engender fluids	55
Huangqi	Astragali radix	To tonify qi, upraise yang, secure the exterior, stop sweating, promote urination, alleviate edema, engender fluids, nourish blood, move stagnation, relieve impediment, expel toxins and pus, promote wound healing, and promote tissue regeneration.	55
Shanyao	Dioscoreae rhizoma	To tonify spleen and stomach, engender fluids, nourish the lungs, tonify the kidneys, and astringe essence	52
Shanzhuyu	Corni fructus	To tonify and nourish the kidneys and liver, and astringe and prevent collapse	51
Mudanpi	Moutan cortex	To clear heat and cool the blood, activate the blood, and resolve stasis	49
Chaihu	Bupleuri radix	To disperse and reduce fever, soothe the liver, resolve depression, and upraise yang qi	45
Shudihuang	Rehmanniae radix praeparata	To nourish blood, replenish yin, and replenish the essence and the marrow	42
Suanzaoren	Ziziphi spinosae semen	To nourish the heart, tonify the liver, calm the heart, tranquilize the mind, relieve sweating, and engender fluid	39
Huangqin	Scutellariae radix	To clear heat, dry dampness, purge fire, remove toxins, stop bleeding, and prevent miscarriage	37
Zexie	Alismatis rhizoma	To promote urination, drain dampness, discharge heat, resolve turbidity, and lower lipids	36
Qingbanxia	Pinelliae rhizoma paeparatum cum alumine	To dry dampness and resolve phlegm	26
Tufuling	Smilacis glabrae rhizoma	To remove toxins, remove dampness, and relieve and facilitate joints	24
Banzhilian	Scutellariae barbatae herba	To clear heat, remove toxins, resolve stasis, and promote urination	23
Baihuasheshecao	Hedyotis diffusa	To clear heat, remove toxins, eliminate carbuncles, and drain dampness	23