![](/images/graphics-bg.png)
Herbal Medicine Treatment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review
Joint Authors
Lu, Hsu-Yuan
Kim, Kibong
Lee, Sun Haeng
Chang, Gyu Tae
Min, Sangyeon
Bang, Miran
Yu, Sun-Ae
Cho, Seung-Hun
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-05-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To summarize and evaluate the efficacy and safety of herbal medicines used for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children.
Methods.
Thirteen electronic databases were searched from their inception to November 2016.
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that assessed the efficacy of herbal medicines alone or in combination with other Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments for ASD in children were included.
The Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool was used and other data analyses were performed using RevMan (Version 5.3).
Results.
Ten RCTs involving 567 patients with ASD were included for qualitative synthesis.
In conjunction with conventional therapy, herbal medicines significantly improved the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) score, but the results of effects on total effective rate (TER) were different between the included studies.
The use of herbal medicines with integrative therapy improved the CARS score and TER.
In the studies that documented adverse events, no serious events were associated with herbal medicines.
Conclusions.
The efficacy of herbal medicines for the treatment of ASD appears to be encouraging but was inconclusive owing to low methodological quality, herbal medicine diversity, and small sample size of the examined studies.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bang, Miran& Lee, Sun Haeng& Cho, Seung-Hun& Yu, Sun-Ae& Kim, Kibong& Lu, Hsu-Yuan…[et al.]. 2017. Herbal Medicine Treatment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154807
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bang, Miran…[et al.]. Herbal Medicine Treatment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154807
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bang, Miran& Lee, Sun Haeng& Cho, Seung-Hun& Yu, Sun-Ae& Kim, Kibong& Lu, Hsu-Yuan…[et al.]. Herbal Medicine Treatment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154807
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1154807