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Table 3 Medication of included trials for treating NASH

From: Systematic analysis of randomised controlled trials of Chinese herb medicine for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): implications for future drug development and trial design

Medication

Trials number

Herbal formulas

108

 Herbal medicine decoctions (HMD)

82

  Only HMD in test group

50

  HMD combined with western medicine (WM) in test group

31

 HMD combined with Chinese patent medicine

1

 Herbal medicine granules (HMG)

13

  Only HMG in test group

2

  HMG combined with WM in test group

11

 Herbal medicine capsules (HMC)

9

  Only HMC in test group

5

  HMC combined with WM in test group

4

 Herbal medicine tablets (HMT)

2

  Only HMT in test group

1

  HMT combined with WM in test group

1

 Only herbal medicine medicine mixture in test group

1

 Only herbal medicine medicine pill in test group

1

Single herb extract

4

 Only herb extract tablets in test group

3

 Only herb extract Capsules in test group

1