Documented interactions between anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs and Chinese herbal medicine, a which might increase the risks of bleeding.

aChinese herbal medicine were identified according to Taiwan Herbal Pharmacopoeia,[34] Chinese Medicinal Herbs Preparation,[35] or Chinese Materia Medica.[36]. b The severity rating was categorized according to MicroMedex®, Lexicomp® and Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database®. Interactions with severity rated as major in any of the three databases were included in the “major” type, while interactions rated as moderate and without major score in any database were included in the “moderate” type. “No available documented information for the item” meant that there was no available information about the single CHM in these databases. c Interaction with heparin is lack of information about severity rating. d Interaction with clopidogrel or warfarin is moderate. e Interaction with aspirin is moderate. f Interaction with warfarin is moderate.