Wenjing decoction (herbal medicine) for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis

@article{Gao2017WenjingD,
  title={Wenjing decoction (herbal medicine) for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis},
  author={Li-Xing Gao and Chunhua Jia and Hengyi Zhang and Cuilan Ma},
  journal={Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics},
  year={2017},
  volume={296},
  pages={679-689}
}
PurposeWenjing decoction is a well-accepted traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea in East Asia, but its clinical effectiveness and risk have not been adequately assessed. In this paper, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy of Wenjing decoction for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.MethodsEight databases were used in our research: the Cochrane Library, the Web of Science, PubMed, EMBASE, the Chinese Biomedical Literature… 
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