Table 5.

Recommendations for osteoporosis in traditional CPGs.

Title ID	Diagnosis	Herbal medicine treatment	Nonherbal medicine treatment	Management
CATCM 2011[19]	1. Diagnosis with conventional medicine	1. Prescribed herbal medicine according to pattern identification; (1) Kidney Yang Deficiency, (2) Liver-Kidney Yin Deficiency, (3) Spleen-Kidney Yang Deficiency, (4) Qi obstruction due to bloodstream malfunction	1. Acupuncture	1. Pain management
	2. Pattern identification in traditional Chinese medicine	2. Manufactured herbal medicine	2.Moxibustion	2. Follow-up examination
			3.Tui-na manual therapy	3. Prevention; (1) Diet, (2) Exercises, (3) Lifetime habits, (4) Prevention for fragility fracture
CACMS 2012[20]	Pattern identification in traditional Chinese medicine	1. Prescribed herbal medicine according to pattern identification; (1) Kidney Yang Deficiency, (2) Liver-Kidney Yin Deficiency, (3) Spleen-Kidney Yang Deficiency, (4) Qi obstruction due to bloodstream malfunction	1. Acupuncture	1. Diet
		2. Manufactured herbal medicine	2. Moxibustion	2. Prevention
CATCM 2017[27]	Not reported	Manufactured herbal medicine	Physical therapy	1. Diet
				2. Prevention