Chinese herbal medicines vs drugs
Itching VAS (Analysis 1.2) Participant's rating. Scale from 1 to 10 · atopic eczema
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted7 studies · 465 participantsLow
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
49 questions · 50 findings · 4 reviews
No studies found 8 · 16%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 21 · 42%Low 18 · 36%Moderate 3 · 6%High 0 · 0%
CHM plus antibiotics vs antibiotics alone
Effectiveness · women with recurrent UTI
It is very uncertain whether CHM plus antibiotics changes effectiveness compared with antibiotics (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Chinese herbal medicine for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.24 [1.04, 1.47]2 studies · 120 participantsVery low
CHM plus antibiotics vs antibiotics alone
Recurrence · women with recurrent UTI
It is very uncertain whether CHM plus antibiotics changes recurrence compared with antibiotics (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Chinese herbal medicine for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.5 [0.32, 0.77]2 studies · 120 participantsVery low
Combination of oral and topical CHM vs same oral CHM
Total effectiveness rate (Analysis 1.1) Clinician's rating · atopic eczema
Combination of oral and topical CHM showed no clear difference in total effectiveness rate (Analysis 3.1) Clinician's rating compared with same oral CHM (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.13 [0.78, 1.63]1 study · 20 participantsLow
Combination of oral and topical CHM vs same oral CHM
Overall severity score (Analysis 1.3) Clinician's rating. Scale from 1 to 80 · atopic eczema
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 20 participantsLow
Combination of oral and topical CHM vs same oral CHM
QoL · atopic eczema
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 20 participantsLow
Combination of oral and topical CHM vs same oral CHM
Adverse events (Analysis 1.7) Participant's report · atopic eczema
Combination of oral and topical CHM showed no clear difference in adverse events (Analysis 3.7) Participant's report compared with same oral CHM (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1 [0.07, 13.87]1 study · 20 participantsLow
Combination of oral and topical CHM vs same oral CHM
Itching VAS (Analysis 1.2) Participant's rating. Scale from 1 to 10 · atopic eczema
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 22 participantsLow
Combination of oral and topical CHM vs same oral CHM
Skin lesion score (Analysis 3.4) Clinician's rating. Scale from 0 to 24 · atopic eczema
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 22 participantsLow