2. Chinese herbal medicines and their ingredients.

Study ID	Chinese formula	Botanical name of ingredient
Liu 2008	Zhusuan Huoxue decoction	Astragalus membranaceous,Poria cocos,Alisma plantago‐aquatica, Plantago asiatica, Rheum palmatum, Eucommia ulmoides, Codonopsis pilosula,Panax notoginseng, Carthamus tinctorius, Saliva miltiorrhiza, Imperata cylindrica.
Miao 2008	Huoxue Huayu Tongluo decoction	Saliva miltiorrhiza, Carthamus tinctorius, Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Paeonia lactiflora, Rehmannia glutinosa, Astragalus membranaceous. Additional herbs for hypertension: Gastrodia elata, Uncaria macrophylla. Additional herbs for coronary heart disease:  Curcuma aromatica, Citrus aurantium.  Additional herbs for peripheral neuropathy: Lonicera japonica, Trachelospermum jasminoides.  Additional herbs for retinopathy: Lycium barbarum, Chrysanthemum morifolium.   Additional herbs for nephropathy: Rehmannia glutinosa, Cornus officinalis.
Tan 2010	Chushi Huayu decoction	Smilax glabra, Dioscorea hypoglauca, Coix lacryma‐jobi var. ma‐yuen, Leonurus heterophylus,  Lysimachia christinae, Plantago asiatica, Saliva miltiorrhiza, Astragalus membranaceous,Rheum palmatum, Glycyrrhiza uralensis.