Utilization Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Fracture Patients: A Taiwan Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Joint Authors

Huang, Hsin-Chia
Tseng, Chu-Yao
Huang, Ching-Wen
Tseng, Wei-Chen

Source

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-9, 9 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2018-09-30

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) divides fracture treatment into three stages.

Many TCM herbs and formulas have been used to treat fractures for thousands of years.

However, research regarding the Chinese herbal products (CHPs) that should be used at different periods of treatment is still lacking.

This study aims to identify the CHPs that should be used at different periods of treatment as well as confirm the TCM theory of fracture periods medicine.

We used prescriptions of TCM outpatients with fracture diagnoses analyzed using the Chang Gung Research Database (CGRD) from 2000 to 2015.

According to the number of days between the date of the fracture and the clinic visit date, all patients were assigned to one of three groups.

Patients with a date gap of 0-13 days were assigned to the early period group; those with a date gap of 14-82 days were assigned to the middle period group; and those with a date gap of 83-182 days were assigned to the late period group.

We observed the average number of herbal formulas prescribed by the TCM doctor at each visit was 2.78, and the average number of single herbs prescribed was 6.47.

The top three prescriptions in the early fracture period were Zheng-gu-zi-jin-dang, Shu-jing-huo-xue-tang, and Wu-ling-san.

In the middle fracture period, the top three formulas were Zheng-gu-zi-jin-dang, Shu-jing-huo-xue-tang, and Zhi-bai-di-huang-wan.

In the late fracture period, the top three formulas were Shu-jing-huo-xue-tang, Gui-lu-er-xian-jiao, and Du-huo-ji-sheng-tang.

The main single herbs used in the early fracture period were Yan-hu-suo, Gu-sui-bu, and Dan-shen.

From the middle to the late period, the most prescribed single herbs were Xu-duan, Gu-sui-bu, and Yan-hu-suo.

We concluded that the results showed that the CGRD utilization pattern roughly meets the TCM theory at different fracture periods.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Tseng, Chu-Yao& Huang, Ching-Wen& Huang, Hsin-Chia& Tseng, Wei-Chen. 2018. Utilization Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Fracture Patients: A Taiwan Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154449

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Tseng, Chu-Yao…[et al.]. Utilization Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Fracture Patients: A Taiwan Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154449

American Medical Association (AMA)

Tseng, Chu-Yao& Huang, Ching-Wen& Huang, Hsin-Chia& Tseng, Wei-Chen. Utilization Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Fracture Patients: A Taiwan Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154449

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1154449