TABLE 4.

Clinical application of R. cordifolia.

Function	Symptoms	The number of patients	Age	Dose		Effective rate	References
				R. cordifolia	Control drug
Treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding	Uterine bleeding caused by intrauterine device	110 patients. (50 patients were treated with R. cordifolia and 50 patients were treated with yunnanbaiyao)	25–49 years old	R. cordifolia decoction. (18 g/d)	Yunnanbaiyao. (1.5 g/d)	R. cordifolia-treated group was 94.5%, and yunnanbaiyao-treated group was 81.8%	Hu, (2019)
Treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding	Dysfunctional uterine bleeding	184 patients. (120 patients were treated with R. cordifolia and 64 patients were treated with norethisterone)	18–51 years old	R. cordifolia decoction. (800 ml/d)	Norethisterone. (2.5–20 mg/d)	R. cordifolia-treated group was 90%, and norethisterone- treated group was 78.1%	Zhang, (2011)