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title: How should Xiangshao Granules be prescribed for premenstrual tension syndrome?
description: Experts from 29 major hospitals have created standardized guidelines on how to use Xiangshao Granules for premenstrual tension, including dosage and timing. T
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/expert-consensus-on-clinical-application-of-xiangshao-granules-2024/
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Guideline, 2024

# How should Xiangshao Granules be prescribed for premenstrual tension syndrome?

Experts from 29 major hospitals have created standardized guidelines on how to use Xiangshao Granules for premenstrual tension, including dosage and timing. These recommendations come from multidisciplinary experts' review of current evidence.

 Strong study design

Expert consensus from 29 tertiary hospitals and 3 provincial traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in China

## What they did

Multidisciplinary experts from 29 tertiary hospitals and 3 provincial traditional Chinese medicine hospitals worked together for 2 years (from August 2021 to November 2023) to develop clinical guidelines on using Xiangshao Granules.

## What they found

The consensus specifies the indications, dosage regimen and timing, course of treatment, safety, and precautions for using Xiangshao Granules for premenstrual tension syndrome and menopausal syndrome in clinical practice.

## What it means for you

This provides doctors with standardized clinical guidance on how to use this treatment for premenstrual tension. The main limitation is that this is expert consensus based on review of existing evidence, not new research data on whether it works.

29

Hospitals and medical institutions involved

2 years

Time from proposal to publication

November 2023

Date consensus was issued

## About the study

Original title [Expert consensus on clinical application of Xiangshao Granules] Journal Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica Year 2024 Study design Guideline What was tested Xiangshao Granules, a traditional Chinese medicine treatment Read the paper [doi.org/10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20240428.501](https://doi.org/10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20240428.501)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Anxiety and tension](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-anxiety/)[Other herbal medicine](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-herbal-other/)[Perimenopause and menopause](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-perimenopause/)

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