Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulation Ru-Yi-Jin-Huang-Saan on Colles Fracture After Surgery: Protocol for a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Lien-Cheng Lin   ^{1, 2} , MS ;   Wei-Hsun Wang   ^{3, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Wei-Kai Chang   ² , BS ;   Jyun-Liang Gao   ² , BS ;   Ru-Chang Yang   ² , BS ;   Po-Chi Hsu   ^{5, 6 *} , MD, PhD ;   Lun-Chien Lo   ^{5, 6 *} , MD, PhD

¹ Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

² Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

³ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

⁴ Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

⁵ School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

⁶ Department of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

*these authors contributed equally