Chuan xiong was the most popular used herb for migraine among the included RCTs, this is consistent with the findings of previous studies. In addition, we found that chuan xiong and bai zhi and chuan xiong and dang gui were the two mostly used herb pairs for migraine management.
in particular the herb chuan xiong, the herb pairs chuan xiong, and bai zhi, chuan xiong, and dang gui, should be considered as migraine prophylactic management in clinical practice.