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Table 1 Main herbal formula selection

From: Overall adjustment acupuncture for postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP): a study protocol for a randomized sham-controlled trial

Pattern

Formula

Composition

Spleen-kidney Yang deficiency

Yougui Pill

radix rehmanniae preparata, cortex cinnamomi, cornu cervi degelatinatum, rhizoma dioscoreae, fructus corni, fructus lycii, radix angelicae sinensis, cortex eucommiae, semen cuscutae, radix morindae officinalis, rhizoma drynaria, rhizoma sparganii

Spleen-kidney Yin deficiency

Zuogui Pill

radix rehmanniae preparata, rhizoma dioscoreae, fructus lycii, fructus corni, radix achyranthis bidentatae, deerhorn glue, deerhorn glue, radix morindae officinalis

Kidney deficiency and blood stasis

Bushen Huoxue decoction

radix rehmanniae preparata, semen cuscutae, cortex eucommiae, fructus lycii, radix angelicae sinensis, fructus corni, cistanches herba, commiphora myrrha, radix angelicae biseratae, radix angelicae sinensis