Effects of compound salvia miltiorrhiza pills on nailfold microcirculation of the elderly patients with diabetes mellitus / 中国临床药理学与治疗学

AIM: To investigate the effect of compound salvia miltiorrhiza pills on nailfold microcirculation of the elderly patients with diabetes mellitus. METHODS: The 38 patients were given, based on the regular treatment of decreasing blood sugar, the compoud salvia miltiorrhiza pills (10 pills, po, tid) for 3 mon. The alteration of nailfold microcirculation were observed before and after the treatment. RESULTS: All kind of parameters and comprehensive integral values of their nailfold microcirculation were improved after the regular treatmeat combined with the compound salvia miltiorrhiza. CONCLUSION: The compound salvia miltiorrhiza pills can improve the nailfold microcirculation of the elderly patients with diabetes mellitus.