Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 1057-1067.DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.20230814.003

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Efficacy and safety of Weichang’ an pill (胃肠安丸) combined with Western Medicine on gastrointestinal diseases: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

WANG Jiabao1, ZHANG Lishuang2, NIU Baihan3, YU Yajun1, YANG Fengwen1, MIAO Lin1, CHAI Lijuan1, DING Xinya1, SUN Yingjie4, WANG Yujing4, WANG Lin4, ZHANG Han1, WANG Yi1(), LI Lin1()   

  1. 1 Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
    2 Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Binhai New Area Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300451, China
    3 Scientific Research Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China
    4 Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd., Lerentang Pharmaceutical Factory, Tianjin 413204, China
  • Received:2022-08-16 Accepted:2022-11-23 Online:2023-10-25 Published:2023-08-14
  • Contact: WANG Yi, Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China. wangyi@tjutcm.edu.cn; LI Lin, Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China. lilintcm@126.com. Telephone: +86-17725301732
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Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of Weichang’an pill (胃肠安丸, WCA) combined with Western Medicine (WM) for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases.
METHODS: Eight databases, including China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Wanfang Data, China Science and Technology Journal Database, SinoMed, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Embase, were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of WCA from inception to 30 September 2021. We independently screened the literature, extracted data, and then evaluated the bias risk, effectiveness, safety, and other indicators of the included articles.
RESULTS: A total of 33 RCTs were included in this study with 3368 patients. After analysis, it was found that WCA combined with WM could effectively prevent and treat antibiotic-associated gastrointestinal reaction, functional dyspepsia (FD), irritable bowel syndrome, rotavirus diarrhea (RVD), and ulcerative colitis (UC); no serious adverse reactions occurred. Moreover, compared with the control group, the experimental group showed significantly improved symptoms and some biochemical parameters.
CONCLUSIONS: WCA combined with WM for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases had better clinical efficacy than the control group, without serious adverse reactions. Notably, in the treatment of FD, RVD, and UC, WCA improved clinical symptoms and biochemical indicator expression. Nevertheless, owing to the restricted quality and quantity of the literature, the results need to be further studied using high-quality RCTs.

Key words: gastrointestinal disease, integrative medicine, Meta-analysis, systematic review, Weichang’an pill

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WANG Jiabao, ZHANG Lishuang, NIU Baihan, YU Yajun, YANG Fengwen, MIAO Lin, CHAI Lijuan, DING Xinya, SUN Yingjie, WANG Yujing, WANG Lin, ZHANG Han, WANG Yi, LI Lin. Efficacy and safety of Weichang’ an pill (胃肠安丸) combined with Western Medicine on gastrointestinal diseases: a systematic review and Meta-analysis[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023, 43(6): 1057-1067.