Review Article

Danshen Formulae for Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 3

The constituent of Danshen formulae in each included study.

Included trialsChuanxiong formula Ingredient
Latin nameEnglish name Chinese nameDosage (g)

Chen 2012Gexiazhuyu decotionRadix salviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen9
Astragalus mongholicusMilkvetch RootHuangqi14
Semen persicaePeach seedTaoren9
Flos carthamiSaffloweHonghua6
PaeonipaeonolDanpi12
Rhizoma cyperiNutgrass galingale rhizomeXiangfu10
Fructus citri aurantii immaturusImmature bitter orangeZhiqiao12
Agkistrodon seu bungarusHedyotis diffusaBaihuasheshecao16
Radix scrophulariae ningpoensisRadix scrophulariaeXuanshen14

Gong 2018Jupi Zhuru decoctionRadix salviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen15
Pericarpium citri reticulataeDried TangerineChenpi9
Pinellia ternataRhizoma pinelliaeJiangbanxia9
Bambusa turdoides munroBamboo shavingsJiangzhuru9
Zizyphus jujubaChinese dateDazao9
Glycyrrhiza uralensisLiquorice rootGancao6

Guo 2017TCM formulae decoctionAstragalus mongholicusMilkvetch RootHuangqi30
Rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalaeLargehead atractylodesBaizhu9
PoriaPoria cocosFuling15
Radix glehniaeCoastal glehnia rootBeishashen30
Radix adenophoraeFourleaf ladybell rootNanshashen30
Radix asparagiCochinchinese asparagus rootTiandong15
Radix ophiopogonIsDwarf lilyturf tuberMaidong15
Radix salviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen30
Selaginella doederleinii hicrSelaginella doederleiniiShishangbai30

Lan 2003TCM formulae decoctionAdenophora strictaRadix AdenophoraeShashen30
Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosaeTendrilleaf fritillary bulbChuanbeimu10
Astragalus mongholicus bungeMilkvetch rootHuangqi30
Ophiopogon japonicusDwarf lilyturf tuberMaidong15
Fallopia multifloraTuber fleeceflower rootHeshouwu30
Rehmannia glutinosaPrepared rehmannia rootShudihuang10
Dioscorea oppositaCommon Yam RhizomeShanyao30
Alismatis RhizomaAlisma orientaleZexie15
Fructus CorniCornus officinalisShanzhuyu10
Glycyrrhiza uralensisLiquorice rootGancao10
Rhizoma PhragmitisReed rhizomeLugen30
Lonicera japonica ThunbLonicera japonicaJinyinhua15
Morus alba L.White mulberry root-barkSangbaipi15
Radix Sophorae TonkinensisRadix sophorae tonkinensisShandougen15
Gypsum fibrosumGypsum fibrosumShengshigao30
Scutellariae baicalensisRadix scutellariaeHuangqin15
Codonopsis pilosulaDanshen rootDanshen30
Radix et rhizoma rheiRhubarDahuang15

Li 2017Jiedu Huayu FangLygodium japonicumIndigo NaturalsQingdaiNot mentioned
Paris polyphylla SmithFleaZaoxiu
Fructus PsoraleaePsoraleaeBuguzhi
Rhizoma Polygoni CuspidatiPolygonum cuspidatumHuzhang
Radix salviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen
Atractylodes macrocephala KoidzLargehead atractylodes rhizoBaizhu
Asarum sagittarioidesCremastra appendiculataShancigu
Rhizoma Ligustici ChuanxiongSichuan lovage rhizomeChuanxiong

Mok 2007TCM formulae granulesCurcuma zedoariaRhizoma curcumaeEzhuNot mentioned
Sparganium simplex HudsRhizoma sparganiSanleng
Radix salviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen
Leonurus artemisiaHerba leonuriYimucao
Radix scrophulariaeScrophularia ningpoensisXuanshen
PolyporusPolyporus umbellatusZhuling
Coix lacrymajobiCoix seedYiyiren
Semen PlantaginisPlantain seedCheqianzi
Herba lysimachiaeLonghairy antenoron HerbJinqiancao
Spora lygodiiLygodium japonicumHaijinsha

Shen 2017Zilongjin TabletAstragalus mongholicusMilkvetch rootHuangqi0.65g per piece
Radix angelicae hinensisChinese angelicaDanggui
Solanum lyratum thunbSolanum lyratum thunbBaiying
Solanum nigrumNightshadeLongkui
Radixsalviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen
Portulaca grandiflora hookScutellariae barbataeBanzhilian
Duchesnea indicaDuchesneaShemei
Turmeric CurcumaeTurmericYujin

Wang 2010Aixiao RuanganjianPanax ginsengGinsengRenshenNot mentioned
Curcuma zedoariaRhizoma CurcumaeEzhu
Radix salviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen
Semen coicisCoix seedYiyiren
Spreading hedyotis herbHedyotis diffusaBaihuasheshecao
Portulaca grandiflora hookScutellariae barbataeBanzhilian
Bletilla striataBletillaBaiji
Rehmannia glutinosaSmilax glabraTufuling
Semen persicaePeach seedTaoren
Rafetus swinhoeiCantharidesBanao
Lycium dasystemum PojarkBabury wolfberry fruitGouqizi
Trionyx sinensisTrionycis carapaxBiejia
Rhizoma paridisFleaZaoxiu
Radix sophorae flavescentisLightyellow sophora rootKushen

Wen 1996Jianpi Kangai decoctionPseudostellaria heterophyllaRadix pseudostellariaeTaizishen12
Atractylodes macrocephala koidzRoasted rhizoma atractyloisChaobaizhu12
PoriaPoria cocosFuling12
Rhizoma pinelliae ternataePinellia tuberBanxia12
ericarpium citri reticulataeTangerine PeelChenpi12
Radix salviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen20
Sargentodoxa cuneata. Sargent gloryvineHongteng20
Smilax china LSmilax chinaBaqia30
Concha ostreaeOystersShengmuli30
Prunella vulgarisSelf healXiakucao30

Xu 2004TCM formulae decoctionRadix astragali seuMilkvetch RootShenghuangqiNot mentioned
Rehmannia glutinosa LiboschRadix rehmanniaeShengdihuang
Pseudostellaria heterophyllaRadix pseudostellariaeTaizishen
Dioscorea nipponicaMakinoNingpo yam rhizomeChuanshanlong
Radix salviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen
Leonurus artemisiaRadix salviae miltiorrhizaeYimucao
Periostracum cicadaeCicada SloughChantui
Achyranthes bidentata blumeAchyranthes longifoliaHuainiuxi

Yan 1995TCM formulae decoctionAstragalus mongholicusMilkvetch rootHuangqi15
Codonopsis pilosulaCodonopsisDangshen15
Atractylodes macrocephala KoidzLargehead atractylodes rhizoBaizhu15
PoriaPoria cocosFuling12
Radix Angelicae SinensisChinese angelicaDanggui15
Colla corii Asinicolla corii asiniAjiao15
Lycium dasystemum PojarkBabury Wolfberry FruitGouqizi15
Fructus psoraleaePsoraleaeBuguzhi15
Fallopia multifloraTuber fleeceflower rootHeshouwu15
Spreading hedyotis HerbHedyotis diffusaBaihuasheshecao20
Herba cirsii setosiCommon cephalanoplos herbXiaoji15
Radix salviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen15
Millettia dielsianaCaulis spatholobiJixueteng15
Sparganium simplex HudsRhizoma sparganiSanleng15
Curcuma zedoariaRhizoma curcumaeEzhu15

Zeng 2015Fuzhengkangai decoctionCynanchum paniculatumPaniculate swallowwort rootXuchangqing20
Atractylodes macrocephalaLargehead atractylodes rhizoShengbaizhu15
Turmeric CurcumaeTurmericYujin12
Radix salviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen30
ArtemisiacapillarisThunbVirgate wormwood herbYinchen30
Fructus citri aurantii immaturImmature bitter orangeChaozhishi15
Portulaca grandiflora hookScutellariae barbataeBanzhilian30
Solanum lyratum thunbSolanum lyratum thunbBaiying20
Astragalus mongholicusMilkvetch rootShenghuangqi40
Cleistocactus sepiumCuttleboneWuzeigu20
Curcuma zedoariaRhizoma curcumaeEzhu10
Rhizoma CoptidisCoptis rootHuanglian6
Trichosanthes kirilowii MaximPericarpium trichosanthisGualoupi15

Zhang 2013Xidan TangAstragalus mongholicusMilkvetch rootHuangqi30
Bletilla striataBletillaBaiji12
PoriaPoria cocosFuling15
Ganoderma Lucidum KarstLucid ganodermaLingzhi15
Radix salviae miltiorrhizaeDanshen rootDanshen10
Rhizoma Ligustici ChuanxiongSichuan lovage rhizomChuanxiong9
Euchresta japonica HookVietnamese sophora rootShandougen6
Fructus Camptothecae AcuminataeCommon Camptotheca FruitXishuguo10
Glycyrrhiza uralensisLiquorice rootGancao5