Table 3.

Details of the Chinese herbal medicines GGT, GJT, and YCT in the included studies.

Study ID	Chen [34]	Huagn [41]	Ju [44]	Shang [52]	Shang [53]	Xu [61]	Zhu [67]	Hu [40]	Dai [36]	Gu [38]	Li [45]	Qin [50]	Qiu [51]	Shen [54]	Wang [59]	Yang [62]
CHM	GGT							GJT	YCT
Administration duration and frequency	1 mon, bid	2 wks, bid	4 wks, bid	2 wks, bid	2 wks, bid	4 wks, bid	2 wks, bid	2 wks, tid	4 wks, bid	4 wks, tid	4 wks, bid	2 wks, bid	1 mon, bid	NR, bid	4 wks, bid	2 wks, NR
Atractylodis Rhizoma Alba									12	20		NR	12	12	20
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma	6	10	6		6	6	10		6	10	6		13	13	10	6
Citrus reticulata Blanco										15		NR			15
Gastrodiae Rhizoma			15	15
Pinelliae Tuber									12				11	11
Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens		10	10		6	9	10
Zizyphi Fructus		15			3EA	9	10
Angelicae Gigantis Radix										15					15
Bupleuri Radix								NR
Cimicifugae Rhizoma									9	10	9	NR	7	7	10	9
Codonopsis pilosulae Radix										20	15	NR			20
Ginseng Radix											15		11	11		15
Astragali Radix							15		15	30		NR	12	12	30	15
Salviae miltiorrhizae Radix	30								12				14	14
Polygoni Multiflori Radix									12				11	11
Scorpio	10							NR
Lumbricus	15
Paeoniae Radix	15	20	10	9	12	15	12	NR	15		10		11	11		10
Cinnamomi Ramulus		15	10	9	6	6	12	NR
Puerariae Radix	30	30	20	15	30	30	60	NR	12	15	10	NR	10	10	15	9
Osterici seu Notopterygii Radix et Rhizoma			10					NR
Angelicae Dahuricae Radix				10				NR
Phellodendri Cortex											3		8	8		3
Viticis Fructus									15	15	15	NR	13	13	15	6
Cnidii Rhizoma	15		10	10	9	9		NR		20		NR			20
Alismatis Rhizoma										10		NR			10
Ephedrae Herba		5			9		6
Ostreae Testa					30
Polygalae Radix								NR
Ligustici Tenuissimi Rhizoma et Radix								NR
Batryticatus Bombyx			6			6
Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma							3
Achyranthis Radix	15
Chaenomelis Fructus						15
Lycopodii Herba							15
Coicis Semen							30
Lycopi Herba							12
Eleocharitis Rhizoma												NR

CHM, Chinese herbal medicine; GGT, Gegen Tang; GJT, Gegen Jieji Tang; NR, not reported; YCT, Yiqi Congming Tang.