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SynthesisFrontiers in pharmacology2024

Commercial Chinese polyherbal preparation Zao Ren An Shen prescription for primary insomnia: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.

Fei-Yi Zhao, Peijie Xu, Gerard A Kennedy, Zhen Zheng, Wen-Jing Zhang, Jia-Yi Zhu, Yuen-Shan Ho, Li-Ping Yue, Qiang-Qiang Fu, Russell Conduit

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Synthesis in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Insufficient Evidence to RecommendNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2025
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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

10 authors.

Fei-Yi Zhao *Department of Nursing, School of International Medical Technology, Shanghai Sanda University, Shanghai, China.
Peijie Xu *School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Gerard A Kennedy *Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University, Ballarat, VIC, Australia.
Zhen ZhengSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Wen-Jing ZhangShanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jia-Yi ZhuYangpu Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Yuen-Shan HoSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, China.
Li-Ping YueDepartment of Nursing, School of International Medical Technology, Shanghai Sanda University, Shanghai, China.
Qiang-Qiang FuYangpu Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Russell ConduitSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

botanical drugsChinese medicineclinical trialsinsomniameta-analysissleep qualitysystematic reviewZao Ren An Shen

Identifiers

PMID38957383
PMCPMC11218554

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