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ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2015

Prescription of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Pattern-Based Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for Depression: A Systematic Review.

Wing-Fai Yeung, Ka-Fai Chung, Ka-Yan Ng, Yee-Man Yu, Shi-Ping Zhang, Bacon Fung-Leung Ng, Eric Tat-Chi Ziea

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Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wing-Fai YeungSchool of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Ka-Fai ChungDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
Ka-Yan NgDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
Yee-Man YuDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
Shi-Ping ZhangSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.
Bacon Fung-Leung NgThe Chinese Medicine Department, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong.
Eric Tat-Chi ZieaThe Chinese Medicine Department, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong.
University of Hong Kong · HKHospital Authority · CNHong Kong Baptist University · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatments are often prescribed based on individuals' pattern diagnoses. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials in Chinese and English literatures on TCM pattern-based treatment for depression has therefore been conducted. A total of 61 studies, 2504 subjects, and 27 TCM patterns were included. Due to the large variation of TCM pattern among participants, we only analyzed the top four commonly studied TCM patterns: liver qi depression, liver depression and spleen deficiency, dual deficiency of the heart, and spleen and liver depression and qi stagnation. We found that Xiaoyao decoction was the most frequently used herbal formula for the treatment of liver qi depression and liver depression with spleen deficiency, while Chaihu Shugan decoction was often used for liver depression and qi stagnation. Bai Shao (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) and Chai Hu (Bupleurum chinense DC.) were commonly used across different TCM patterns regardless of the prescribed Chinese herbal formulas. The rationale underlying herb selection was seldom provided. Due to the limited number of studies on TCM pattern-based treatment of depression and their low methodological quality, we are unable to draw any conclusion regarding which herbal formulas have higher efficacy and which TCM patterns respond better to CHM.

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PMID26180532
PMCPMC4477207
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