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【Objective】To observe the therapeutic effect of Chinese herbal medicine and western medicine for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis(KOA).【Methods】Seventy-four KOA patients were randomized into groups A(n=38)and B(n=36).Group B received rectal suppository of indomethacin and intra-articular injection of sodium hyaluronate,and group A was additionally treated with oral use of Bushen Huoxie Decoction(mainly composed of Radix Rehmanniae Preparata,Rhizoma Drynariae,Rhizoma Chuanxiong,Radix Angelicae Sinensis,Fructus Chaenomelis,Radix Angelicae Pubescentis,Radix Dipsaci,Cortex Cinnamomi,Caulis Spatholobi,Cortex Eucommiae,Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae,etc.).After treatment,the therapeutic effect in the two groups was evaluated and the adverse actions were observed.【Results】In group B,20 patients were cured,8 effective,8 ineffective and the total effective rate was 77.8%;in group A,30 patients were cured,6 effective,2 ineffective and the total effective rate was 94.7%;the difference of total effective rate was significant between groups A and B (P
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[ Objective ] To observe the therapeutic effect of Bushen Huoxie Decoction (mainly composed of Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Fructus Corni, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis, Radix Polygoni Multiflori, Fructus Lycii, Radix Morindae Officinalis, Herba Cistanches, Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii, Radix Polygalae, etc. ) for the treatment of vascular dementia (VD) . [Methods] Eighty cases of VD were randomized into two groups by using random number table: group A ( n = 40) was treated with modified Bushen Huoxie Decoction and group B (n = 40) with duxil and nimodipine. After a 3-month treatment, the therapeutic effect of the two groups was evaluated, and mini-mental state examination (MMSE), activities of daily life (ADL) and blood rheology before and after treatment were observed. [Results] The total therapeutic effective rate was 80.0% in group A and 57.5% in group B, the difference being significant ( P