Table 1.

Basic characteristics of literature.

Include the literature	Year of publication	N (C/T)	Intervention method		Outcome index	Course of treatment	Stochastic method	Blind or not
			C	T
Liu and Guo [14]	2020	57/57	Glucocorticoids	Glucocorticoid + Huai Qi Huang granule	①②③④⑤⑦	3 months	The digital parity method	No
Zhiyong and Liu [15]	2016	33/33	Prednisone	Prednisone + Huai Qi Huang granules	①②⑥	3 months	The random number table method	No
Zheng [16]	2015	26/26	Prednisone	Prednisone + Huai Qi Huang granules	③⑦⑧	8 weeks	Not mentioned	No
Yang and Wu [17]	2019	30/30	Glucocorticoids	Glucocorticoid + Huai Qi Huang granule	③④⑧	7 days	A group with odd and even numbers	No
Li et al. [18]	2019	42/43	Prednisone acetate tablets	Prednisone acetate tablets + Huai Qi Huang granules	⑥⑦⑧	3 months	The random number table method	No
Liu et al. [19]	2017	33/35	Prednisone acetate tablets	Prednisone acetate tablets + Huai Qi Huang granules	①②③④⑤⑥⑦	6 months	Not mentioned	No
Geng et al. [20]	2015	23/19	Glucocorticoids	Glucocorticoid + Huai Qi Huang granule	①②③④⑤⑥⑦	3 months	Not mentioned	No

Note: C: control group; T: research group. ① Infection rate; ② Relapse rate; ③ Urinary protein negative time; ④ Edema regression time; ⑤ Glucocorticoid dosage; ⑥ Incidence of adverse reactions; ⑦ T lymphocyte subsets; ⑧ Serum immunoglobulin level.