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Table 3 The 19 most frequently used flavours of Chinese herbal medicine in 17 bath prescriptions

From: Chinese herbal bath therapy for the treatment of uremic pruritus: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

English name

Latin name

Chinese Pinyin name

Frequency of usage

Pruritus relief

 Fructus Kochiae

Fructus Kochiae Scopariae

Difuzi

15

 Lightyellow Sophora Root

Radix Sophorae Flavescentis

Kushen

13

 Densefruit Pittany Root-bark

Cortex Dictamni

Baixianpi

13

 Cicada Slough

Periostracum Cicadae

Chantui

12

 Common Cnidium Fruit

Fructus Cnidii

Shechuangzi

4

 Chinese Honeylocust Spine

Spina Gleditsiae

Zaojiaoci

3

 Puncturervine Caltrop Fruit

Fructus Tribuli Terrestris

Baijili

3

 Tuber Fleeceflower Root

Radix Polygoni Multiflori

Heshouwu

3

Activating blood circulation

 Chinese Angelica

Radix Angelicae Sinensis

Danggui

12

 Manchurian Wildginger

Herba Asari

Xixin

12

 Szechuan Lovage Rhizome

Rhizoma Chuanxiong

Chuanxiong

11

 Suberect Spatholobus Stem

Caulis Spatholobi

Jixueteng

5

 Dan-shen root

Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae

Danshen

4

Stimulating secretion of sweat

 Chinese Ephedrs Herb

Ephedra sinica Stapf

Mahuang

7

 Fineleaf Schizonepeta Herb

Herba Schizonepetae

Jingjie

8

 Angelica Dahurica

Radix Angelicae Dahuricae

Baizhi

6

 Divaricate Saposhniovia Root

Radix Saposhnikoviae

Fangfeng

4

Promoting detoxification

 Rhubarb Root and Rhizome

Rheum Officinale Baill

Dahuang

7