Herbal medicines vs antibiotics alone: Remission
Herbal medicine showed no clear difference in secondary outcome: number of participants with remission (ITT‐best… compared with antibiotics (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Herbal medicine vs antibiotics Secondary outcome: number of participants with remission (ITT‐best case, short‐term data) ‐ Ziyin‐Qinggan‐Xiaocuo Granule versus minocycline (at 4 week) · people with acne vulgaris Herbal medicine showed no clear difference in secondary outcome: number of participants with remission (ITT‐best… compared with antibiotics (low certainty). Complementary therapies for acne vulgaris (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2.82 [0.88, 9.06] | 2 studies · 206 participants | Low |
Herbal medicine vs antibiotics Secondary outcome: number of participants with remission (ITT‐worst case, short‐term data) ‐ Ziyin‐Qinggan‐Xiaocuo Granule versus minocycline (at 4 week) · people with acne vulgaris Herbal medicine showed no clear difference in secondary outcome: number of participants with remission (ITT‐worst… compared with antibiotics (low certainty). Complementary therapies for acne vulgaris (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.49 [0.09, 2.53] | 2 studies · 206 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complementary therapies for acne vulgaris 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.