Efficacy and safety of the traditional Chinese medicine tonifying kidney (bu shen) therapy in patients with hypertension: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertension becomes increasingly an alarming global health concern. There is a growing interest in treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and tonifying kidney therapy (bushen, TKT) has been extensively used in the treatment of hypertension according to TCM theory. In this article, we outline the protocol of research projects and methods to examine comprehensively the effectiveness and safety of TKT in treating hypertensive patients.

Methods

We will collect randomized controlled trails (RCTs) that report the application of TKT for patients with hypertension from electronic databases including PubMed, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CNKI, VIP, CBM, and Wanfang database. Time of literature retrieval is set from the beginning of database construction to the end of June, 2

SUBMITTER: Tang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7373579 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature