TABLE 2.
Composition of the most commonly used herbal formulas and single herbs for patients with aplastic anemia in Taiwan.
| Formulas | Chinese name | Number of herbs | Composition (pin-yin name (latin name; botanical plant name)) | Frequency of prescriptions | Person-year | Percentage of usage person | Avg. drug dose per day (g) | Average duration for prescription (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | — | — | — | 121770 | 17492.00 | 100.00 | 13.40 | 8.84 |
| Herbal formula (Pin-yin name) | — | — | — | 116887 | 17438.20 | 99.27 | 9.53 | 8.78 |
| Gui-Pi-Tang (GPT) | 歸脾湯 | 12 | Ren-Shen (Radix Ginseng; Panax ginseng var. repens (Maxim.) Makino), Huang-Qi (Radix Astragali; Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge), Bai-Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae; Atractylis macrocephala (Koidz.) Hand.-Mazz.), Fu-Ling (Poria; Wolfiporia cocos (F.A. Wolf) Ryvarden & Gilb), Suan-Zao-Ren (Semen Zizyphi Spinosae; Ziziphus jujuba f. lageniformis (Nakai) Kitag.), Long-Yan-Rou (Arillus Longan; Dimocarpus longan var. obtusus (Pierre) Leenh.), Mu-Xiang (Radix Aucklandiae; Himalaiella abnormis (Lipsch.) Raab-Straube), Gan-Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae; Glycyrrhiza glabra var. glandulifera (Waldst. and Kit.) Boiss.), Dang-Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensi; Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels), Yuan-Zhi (Radix Polygalae; Polygala sibirica var. tenuifolia (Willd.) Backer & Moore), Sheng-Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens; Zingiber officinale f. rubens (Makino) M.Hiroe), Da-Zao (Fructus Jujube; Ziziphus jujuba f. lageniformis (Nakai) Kitag.) | 8,588 | 6,442.00 | 31.52 | 4.78 | 10.87 |
| Single herbs (Pin-yin name) | — | — | — | 102198 | 17018.60 | 96.12 | 5.01 | 9.07 |
| Dan-Shen (DanS) | 丹參 | 1 | Dan-Shen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae; Salvia miltiorrhiza var. charbonnelii (H.Lév.) C.Y.Wu) | 9,867 | 7,646.20 | 36.42 | 1.38 | 10.54 |
| Huang-Qi (HQi) | 黃耆 | 1 | Huang-Qi (Radix Astragali; Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge) | 9,058 | 7,262.00 | 34.65 | 1.52 | 10.45 |
| Bai-Hua-She-She-Cao (BHSSC) | 白花蛇舌草 | 1 | Bai-Hua-She-She-Cao (Herba Hedyotis Diffusae; Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb.) | 6,767 | 2,685.70 | 15.83 | 1.51 | 12.76 |
| Ban-Zhi-Lian (BZL) | 半枝蓮 | 1 | Ban-Zhi-Lian (Herba Scutellariae Barbatae; Scutellaria barbata D. Don) | 6,042 | 2,171.00 | 11.86 | 2.24 | 12.11 |
| Xian-He-Cao (XHC) | 仙鶴草 | 1 | Xian-He-Cao (Herba Agrimoniae; Agrimonia pilosa f. borealis (Kitag.) Chu) | 4,036 | 2,941.40 | 14.37 | 1.32 | 11.95 |
| Dang-Gui (DG) | 當歸 | 1 | Dang-Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensi; Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels) | 3,712 | 4,445.40 | 19.52 | 1.10 | 10.07 |
*Sorted by frequency of prescriptions.
Information are obtained from the websites (http://www.americandragon.com/index.htm; http://old.tcmwiki.com/; http://www.shen-nong.com/eng/front/index.html; http://www.ipni.org/; http://www.theplantlist.org/; http://www.worldfloraonline.org/).