Herbal medicines tailored to individuals lack evidence

摘要

No convincing evidence exists to show that individualised herbal medicine is effective for any condition,a review in the Postgraduate Medical Journal has.concluded (2007;83:633).The researchers conducted a search for randomised,controlled trials of individualised herbal medicine and considered 1,345 studies.All but 15 were excluded for being irrelevant and only three were considered to be randomised,double-blind,placebo-controlled trials of at least moderate quality.The authors also contacted professional herbalist bodies,which were unable to contribute any further studies.