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Table 3 Top 10 obstetrics related diagnosis and prescription in pregnancy women before and after the first prenatal visit

From: Prescription patterns and factors influencing the use of Chinese herbal medicine among pregnant women in Taiwan: a population-based retrospective study

 

Before prenatal Visit

After prenatal Visit

Diagnosis

n (%)a

Abnormal bleeding from female genital tract

28,738 (53.0)

Abnormal bleeding from female genital tract

55,460 (53.3)

Infertility

5649 (10.4)

Dysmenorrhea

9403 (9.0)

Dysmenorrhea

4494 (8.3)

Hypertension complicating pregnancy, Childbirth, and the puerperium

8014 (7.7)

Excessive vomiting in pregnancy

4087 (7.5)

Excessive vomiting in pregnancy

6729 (6.5)

Hypertension complicating pregnancy, Childbirth, and the puerperium

2843 (5.2)

Infertility

6364 (6.1)

Leukorrhea

2131 (3.9)

Leukorrhea

5311 (5.1)

Hemorrhage in early pregnancy

1213 (2.2)

Other complications of pregnancy

2350 (2.3)

Endometriosis

905 (1.7)

Hemorrhage in early pregnancy

1525 (1.5)

Premenstrual tension syndromes

885 (1.6)

Premenstrual tension syndromes

1284 (1.2)

Other complications of pregnancy

622 (1.1)

Endometriosis

963 (0.9)

Single herbal

n (%)b

Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiang Fu)

1724 (5.0)

Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiang Fu)

3109 (4.7)

Cuscutae Semen (Tu Si Zi)

1555 (4.5)

Leonuri Herba (Yi Mu Cao)

2686 (4.1)

Leonuri Herba (Yi Mu Cao)

1450 (4.2)

Corydalis Rhizoma (Yan Hu Su)

2104 (3.2)

Eucommiae cortex (Du Zhong)

1161 (3.4)

Eucommiae cortex (Du Zhong)

2027 (3.1)

Scutellariae Radix (Huang Qin)

1090 (3.2)

Cuscutae Semen (Tu Si Zi)

1986 (3.0)

Corydalis Rhizoma (Yan Hu Su)

943 (2.7)

Scutellariae Radix (Huang Qin)

1946 (3.0)

Dipsaci Radix (Xu Duan)

927 (2.7)

Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix ET Rhizoma (Dan Shen)

1479 (2.3)

Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix ET Rhizoma (Dan Shen)

720 (2.1)

Dipsaci Radix (Xu Duan)

1439 (2.2)

Atractylodes Rhizome (Bai Zhu)

681 (2.0)

Atractylodes Rhizome (Bai Zhu)

1207 (1.8)

Ligustri Lucidi Fructus (Nu Zhen Zi)

598 (1.7)

Rhei Radix et Rhizoma (Da Huang)

924 (1.4)

Herbal formulae

n (%)c

Dang-Gui-Shao-Yao-San

2082 (8.9)

Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San

3599 (7.9)

Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San

1844 (7.9)

Dang-Gui-Shao-Yao-San

3492 (7.7)

Wen-Jing-Tang

1294 (5.5)

Wen-Jing-Tang

2213 (4.9)

Gui-Zhi-Fu-Ling-Wan

896 (3.8)

Gui-Zhi-Fu-Ling-Wan

1953 (4.3)

Shao-Fu-Zhu-Yu-Tang

602 (2.6)

Gui-Pi-Tang

1292 (2.8)

Gui-Pi-Tang

581 (2.5)

Shao-Fu-Zhu-Yu-Tang

1286 (2.8)

Xiang-Sha-Liu-Jun-Zi-Tang

580 (2.5)

Qiong-Gui-Jiao-Ai-Tang

978 (2.1)

Si-Wu-Tang

495 (2.1)

Si-Wu-Tang

879 (1.9)

Qiong-Gui-Jiao-Ai-Tang

483 (2.1)

Bao-Chan-Wu-You-Fang

847 (1.9)

Zuo-Gui-Wan

481 (2.1)

Long-Dan-Xie-Gan-Tang

833 (1.8)

  1. athe total numbers of diagnosis before and after prenatal visit were 57,941 and 111,403, respectively
  2. bthe total number of prescriptions for single herbal before and after prenatal visit were34,454 and 65,769, respectively
  3. cthe total number of prescriptions for herbal formulae before and after prenatal visit were 23,487 and 45,634, respectively