Traditional Chinese Medicine Qingre Huoxue Treatment vs. the Combination of Methotrexate and Hydroxychloroquine for Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been used successfully to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Qingre Huoxue treatment (Qingre Huoxue decoction (QRHXD)/Qingre Huoxue external preparation (QRHXEP)) is a therapeutic scheme of TCM for RA. To date, there have been few studies comparing the efficacy a...

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Main Authors: Xun Gong, Wei-Xiang Liu, Xiao-Po Tang, Jian Wang, Jian Liu, Qing-Chun Huang, Wei Liu, Yong-Fei Fang, Dong-Yi He, Ying Liu, Ming-Li Gao, Qing-Jun Wu, Shi Chen, Zhen-Bin Li, Yue Wang, Yan-Ming Xie, Jun-Li Zhang, Cai-Yun Zhou, Li Ma, Xin-Chang Wang, Chi Zhang, Quan Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.679588/full