The Method of Activating Blood and Dredging Collaterals for Reducing Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Zhaoyi LiHuimin JinQingying YanLeitao SunHarpreet S WasanMinhe ShenShanming RuanPublished in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2019)
The work involving studies of the effectiveness and safety on TCM for reducing CIPN proves to be encouraging. Herbs with the function of activating blood and dredging collaterals were found to potentially promote the curative effects as well as making improvements of SNCV and MNCV. However, in the future, more double-blind, multicenter, large-scale RCTs and more comprehensive researches are still required.