Prescription patterns of traditional Chinese medicine for peptic ulcer disease in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based study
Chin-Ying Huang, Wan-Yu Lai, Mao-Feng Sun, Che-Chen Lin, Bor-Chyuan Chen, Hung-Jen Lin, Ching-Mao Chang, Chung-Hsien Yang, Kuo-Chin Huang, Hung-Rong Yen · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2015 January
DOI 10.1016/j.jep.2015.11.002
Objective
To investigate the utilization of TCM for the treatment of peptic ulcer disease in Taiwan.
Conclusions
The core pattern analysis showed that combination of Ban-Xia-Xie-Xin-Tang, Hai-Piao-Xiao (Os Sepiae), Yan-Hu-Suo (Rhizoma Corydalis), Bei-Mu (Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii) and Chuan-Lian-Zi (Fructus Toosendan) was most frequently used for peptic ulcer disease.
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