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Herbal Medicines for Treating Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Joint Authors
Ko, Seong-Gyu
Shin, Yong Cheol
Jang, Soobin
Ko, Youme
Sasaki, Yui
Hwang, Eui-Hyoung
Song, Yun-Kyung
Jang, Bo-Hyoung
Park, Jeong-Su
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-17, 17 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-06-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of herbal medicines in the management of metabolic syndrome.
Materials and Methods.
On December 9, 2015, we searched PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, SCOPUS, AMED, CNKI, KoreaMed, KMBASE, OASIS, and J-STAGE with no restriction on language or published year.
We selected randomized controlled trials that involved patients with metabolic syndrome being treated with herbal medicines as intervention.
The main keywords were “Chinese herbal medicines”, “metabolic syndrome”, and “randomized controlled trials”.
Herbal substances which were not based on East Asian medical theory, combination therapy with western medicines, and concurrent diseases other than metabolic syndrome were excluded.
The risk of bias was assessed by Cochrane’s “Risk of Bias” tool.
The protocol or review was registered in PROSPERO (an international prospective register of systematic reviews) (CRD42014006842).
Results.
From 1,098 articles, 12 RCTs were included in this review: five trials studied herbal medicines versus a placebo or no treatment, and seven trials studied herbal medicines versus western medicines.
Herbal medicines were effective on decreasing waist circumference, blood glucose, blood lipids, and blood pressure.
Conclusion.
This study suggests the possibility that herbal medicines can be complementary and alternative medicines for metabolic syndrome.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jang, Soobin& Jang, Bo-Hyoung& Ko, Youme& Sasaki, Yui& Park, Jeong-Su& Hwang, Eui-Hyoung…[et al.]. 2016. Herbal Medicines for Treating Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104247
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jang, Soobin…[et al.]. Herbal Medicines for Treating Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104247
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jang, Soobin& Jang, Bo-Hyoung& Ko, Youme& Sasaki, Yui& Park, Jeong-Su& Hwang, Eui-Hyoung…[et al.]. Herbal Medicines for Treating Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104247
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1104247