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Table 3 Ten most commonly used pairs of CHM products for decompensated liver cirrhosis patients in Taiwan

From: Decreased overall mortality rate with Chinese herbal medicine usage in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis in Taiwan

CHM products (LHS, X)

Chinese name

 

CHM products (RHS, Y)

Chinese name

Frequency of prescriptions of X and Y products

Support (X) (%)

Confidence (X → Y) (%)

Lift

Yin-Chen-Hao-Tang (YCHT)

茵陳蒿湯

Long-Dan-Xie-Gan-Tang (LDXGT)

龍膽瀉肝湯

144

3.81

43.24

4.83

Zhi-Zi (ZZ)

梔子

Yin-Chen-Wu-Ling-San (YCWLS)

茵陳五苓散

135

3.57

68.53

4.80

Bai-Hua-She-She-Cao (BHSSC)

白花蛇舌草

Da-Huang (DaH)

大黃

128

3.38

63.05

6.65

Dan-Shen (DanS)

丹參

Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San (JWXYS)

加味逍遙散

124

3.28

28.12

2.18

Da-Huang (DaH)

大黃

Yin-Chen-Wu-Ling-San (YCWLS)

茵陳五苓散

114

3.01

31.75

2.23

Zhi-Zi (ZZ)

梔子

Da-Huang (DaH)

大黃

112

2.96

56.85

5.99

Long-Dan-Xie-Gan-Tang (LDXGT)

龍膽瀉肝湯

Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San (JWXYS)

加味逍遙散

103

2.72

30.38

2.36

Yin-Chen-Hao-Tang (YCHT)

茵陳蒿湯

Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San (JWXYS)

加味逍遙散

100

2.64

30.03

2.33

Ban-Xia-Xie-Xin-Tang (BXXXT)

半夏瀉心湯

Yin-Chen-Hao-Tang (YCHT)

茵陳蒿湯

99

2.62

42.86

4.87

San-Qi (SanQ)

三七

Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San (JWXYS)

加味逍遙散

96

2.54

46.83

3.64

Zhi-Zi (ZZ)

梔子

Bai-Hua-She-She-Cao (BHSSC)

白花蛇舌草

79

2.09

40.10

7.48

Bai-Hua-She-She-Cao (BHSSC)

白花蛇舌草

Yin-Chen-Wu-Ling-San (YCWLS)

茵陳五苓散

76

2.01

37.44

2.62

Da-Huang (DaH)

大黃

Dan-Shen (DanS)

丹參

63

1.66

17.55

1.51

San-Qi (SanQ)

三七

Dan-Shen (DanS)

丹參

65

1.72

31.71

2.72

San-Qi (SanQ)

三七

Long-Dan-Xie-Gan-Tang (LDXGT)

龍膽瀉肝湯

65

1.72

31.71

3.54

San-Qi (SanQ)

三七

Ban-Xia-Xie-Xin-Tang (BXXXT)

半夏瀉心湯

52

1.37

25.37

4.16

San-Qi (SanQ)

三七

Yin-Chen-Hao-Tang (YCHT)

茵陳蒿湯

63

1.66

30.73

3.49

Ban-Xia-Xie-Xin-Tang (BXXXT)

半夏瀉心湯

Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San (JWXYS)

加味逍遙散

83

2.19

35.93

2.79

Ban-Xia-Xie-Xin-Tang (BXXXT)

半夏瀉心湯

Long-Dan-Xie-Gan-Tang (LDXGT)

龍膽瀉肝湯

94

2.48

40.69

4.54

  1. CHM Chinese herbal medicine; LHS left-hand-side; RHS right-hand-side
  2. Support (X) (%) = Frequency of prescriptions of X and Y products/total prescriptions × 100%
  3. Confidence (X → Y) (%) = Frequency of prescriptions of X and Y products / Frequency of prescriptions of X product × 100%
  4. P (Y) (%) = Frequency of prescriptions of Y product / total prescriptions × 100%
  5. Lift = Confidence (X → Y) (%) / P (Y) (%)