What do systematic reviews say?

Chinese herbal medicines vs antibiotics alone

It is very uncertain whether CHM changes effectiveness compared with antibiotics (very low certainty).

• Chinese herbal medicine for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.24 [1.13, 1.37]
  3 studies · 282 participants
  Very low

Chinese herbal medicines vs antibiotics alone

It is very uncertain whether CHM changes recurrence compared with antibiotics (very low certainty).

• Chinese herbal medicine for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.28 [0.09, 0.82]
  3 studies · 282 participants
  Very low

CHM plus antibiotics vs antibiotics alone

It is very uncertain whether CHM plus antibiotics changes effectiveness compared with antibiotics (very low certainty).

• Chinese herbal medicine for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.24 [1.04, 1.47]
  2 studies · 120 participants
  Very low

CHM plus antibiotics vs antibiotics alone

It is very uncertain whether CHM plus antibiotics changes recurrence compared with antibiotics (very low certainty).

• Chinese herbal medicine for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.5 [0.32, 0.77]
  2 studies · 120 participants
  Very low

Chinese herbal medicines vs CHM

It is very uncertain whether CHM changes effectiveness compared with CHM (very low certainty).

• Chinese herbal medicine for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.28 [1.03, 1.57]
  1 study · 80 participants
  Very low

Chinese herbal medicines vs CHM

It is very uncertain whether CHM changes recurrence compared with CHM (very low certainty).

• Chinese herbal medicine for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.4 [0.21, 0.77]
  2 studies · 140 participants
  Very low

Chinese herbal medicines vs CHM

• Chinese herbal medicine for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 80 participants
  Very low

Astragalus and co‐interventions vs co‐intervention alone

• Astragalus (a traditional Chinese medicine) for treating chronic kidney disease 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies · 0 participants
  GRADE not reported

Astragalus and co‐interventions vs co‐intervention alone

• Astragalus (a traditional Chinese medicine) for treating chronic kidney disease 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies · 0 participants
  GRADE not reported

Astragalus and co‐interventions vs co‐intervention alone

• Astragalus (a traditional Chinese medicine) for treating chronic kidney disease 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  4 studies · 306 participants
  Low

Astragalus and co‐interventions vs co‐intervention alone

• Astragalus (a traditional Chinese medicine) for treating chronic kidney disease 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  14 studies · 841 participants
  Low

Astragalus and co‐interventions vs co‐intervention alone

• Astragalus (a traditional Chinese medicine) for treating chronic kidney disease 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  11 studies · 706 participants
  Low

Astragalus and co‐interventions vs co‐intervention alone

• Astragalus (a traditional Chinese medicine) for treating chronic kidney disease 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  10 studies · 588 participants
  Low

Astragalus and co‐interventions vs co‐intervention alone

• Astragalus (a traditional Chinese medicine) for treating chronic kidney disease 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  4 studies · 222 participants
  Moderate

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F vs no TwHF

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) may leads to higher complete remission ( compared with no TwHF (low certainty).

• Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (a traditional Chinese medicine) for primary nephrotic syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.46 [1.18, 1.8]
  4 studies · 293 participants
  Low

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F vs no TwHF

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) showed no clear difference in partial remission ( compared with no TwHF (low certainty).

• Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (a traditional Chinese medicine) for primary nephrotic syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.77 [0.49, 1.21]
  4 studies · 293 participants
  Low

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F vs no TwHF

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) may leads to higher complete or partial remission ( compared with no TwHF (low certainty).

• Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (a traditional Chinese medicine) for primary nephrotic syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.26 [1.1, 1.44]
  4 studies · 293 participants
  Low

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F vs prednisone

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F showed no clear difference in complete remission ( compared with prednisone (low certainty).

• Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (a traditional Chinese medicine) for primary nephrotic syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.09 [0.83, 1.43]
  4 studies · 223 participants
  Low

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F vs prednisone

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F showed no clear difference in partial remission ( compared with prednisone (low certainty).

• Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (a traditional Chinese medicine) for primary nephrotic syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.07 [0.69, 1.65]
  4 studies · 223 participants
  Low

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F vs prednisone

Summary of findings: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F showed no clear difference in complete or partial remission ( compared with prednisone (low certainty).

• Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (a traditional Chinese medicine) for primary nephrotic syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.05 [0.92, 1.2]
  4 studies · 223 participants
  Low