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Table 4 Ten most common herbal formulas prescribed

From: Decreased fracture incidence with traditional Chinese medicine therapy in patients with osteoporosis: a nationwide population-based cohort study

Herbal formula

Frequency

Number of person-days

Average daily dose

Average duration for prescription

(g)

(days)

Single Herb

 Eucommiae Cortex (Du-Zhong)

803

10,832

1.2

13.5

 Salviaemiltiorrhizae Radix (Dan-shen)

592

7850

1.3

13.3

 Chaenomelis Fructus (Mu-gua)

520

6651

1.0

12.8

 Achuranthes (Huai-niu-xi)

432

5181

1.1

12.0

 Dipsaci Radix (Xu-Duan)

393

4701

1.3

12.0

 Sepiae Endoconcha (Haipiaoxiao)

337

4476

1.4

13.3

 Corydalis Rhizoma (Yan-hu-suo)

346

4284

1.5

12.4

 Spatholobi Caulis

272

3570

1.4

13.1

 Testudinis Plastrum (Gui-ban)

279

3477

0.9

12.5

 Drynariae Rhizoma (Gu sui-bu)

259

3282

1.3

12.7

Multiple Herb Formula

 Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang

1109

13,795

5.7

12.4

 Gui Lu Er Xian Jiao

433

8083

7.0

18.7

 Shu Jing Huo Xue Tang

564

7427

4.6

13.2

 zuo Gui Wan

516

5625

5.2

10.9

 ji Sheng Shen Qi Wan

308

4478

5.1

14.5

 Zhi Bai Di Huang Yin

322

4365

4.7

13.6

 Hu Qian Wan Without Hugu

312

4211

7.2

13.5

 You Gui Wan

302

3982

4.3

13.2

 Ma Zi Ren Wan

219

3572

1.8

16.3

 Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang

220

3423

4.2

15.6