Different Traditional Herbal Medicines for the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Traditional Herbal Medicines (THM) have been being used for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for a long time, but clinical evidence is still scarce. We evaluated different THM prescriptions for GERD in adults.

Methods

Data added to nine online databases from their inception to November 30, 2019, were systematically searched. All relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included and were combined with Bayesian network analysis. The Cochrane Collaboration's risk of bias tool and GRADE profiler version 3.6 were respectively employed to evaluate the quality of evidence of outcomes.

Results

Seventeen publications involving 1441 participants were retrieved. The results of our analysis suggested that Jianpi therapy+proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)

SUBMITTER: Dai YK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7378538 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature