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ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020

Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Tonifying Kidney (Bushen) and Activating Blood (Huoxue) Prescription for Premature Ovarian Insufficiency: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Hui-Fang Li, Qi-Hong Shen, Wen-Jun Chen, Wei-Min Chen, Zhang-Feng Feng, Li-Ying Yu

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Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Difference of the gut microbiota of premature ovarian insufficiency in two traditional Chinese syndromes.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2025
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  17. The Treatment of Complementary and Alternative Medicine on Premature Ovarian Failure.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hui-Fang LiDepartment of TCM Gynecology, Tongxiang Maternal and Child Health-Care Center, Tongxiang, Zhejiang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3635-2337
Qi-Hong ShenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3365-779X
Wen-Jun ChenDepartment of Gynecology, Zhejiang Province Hospital of TCM, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8865-5188
Wei-Min ChenDepartment of Gynecology, Tongxiang Maternal and Child Health-Care Center, Tongxiang, Zhejiang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2864-2024
Zhang-Feng FengDepartment of Gynecology, Tongxiang Maternal and Child Health-Care Center, Tongxiang, Zhejiang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1680-1454
Li-Ying YuDepartment of Gynecology, Tongxiang Maternal and Child Health-Care Center, Tongxiang, Zhejiang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3855-5434
Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of TCM · CNJiaxing University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe carried out this systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of TKABP on POI.

methodsThe following eight databases were searched from the establishment to September 30, 2019, for randomized controlled trials (RCTs): PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), the Chinese BioMedical database (CBM), Chinese Scientific Journal Database (VIP), and the Wanfang database. The quality of evidence was estimated by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE).

resultsTwenty-three RCTs involving 1712 patients with POI were included. Compared to hormone therapy (HT) groups, TKABP groups showed a significantly higher total effective rate (RR: 1.10; 95% CI: 1.04-1.17;

conclusionsOur review suggests that TKABP appears to be an effective and safe measure for patients with POI, and the herbal paste may be superior. However, the methodological quality of included RCTs was unsatisfactory, and it is necessary to verify its effectiveness with furthermore standardized researches of rigorous design.

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PMID32382277
PMCPMC7191427
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