Baseline &

The 1^st course

Baseline &

The 2^nd course

Baseline &

The 3^rd course

The 1^st course &

The 2^nd course

The 1^st course & The 3^rd course

The 2^nd course & 3^rd course

Chinese herbal

−2.175^b

−3.781^b

−2.694^b

−2.065^b

−1.92^b

−1.886^c

Z value

Medicine

0.13

0.000^###

0.007^##

0.039^#

0.847

0.059

P value

Other

−3.182^c

−3.920^c

−8.16^c

−1.155^c

−2.030^b

−3.550^b

Z value

treatments

0.001^##

0.000^###

0.414

0.248

0.040^#

0.000^###

P value