Observation of Iced Rhizoma Coptidis Decoction Stimulation for Intervention of Post-stroke Swallowing Disorder / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of iced Rhizoma Coptidis decoction stimulation for post-stroke swallowing disorder. Methods Sixty-two post-stroke swallowing disorder patients admitted from June of 2012 to June of 2014 in Sanya Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine were enrolled into the study. The patients were evenly randomized into intervention group and control group. The control group was given conventional intervention and stomatological nursing with ice, and the intervention group was given conventional intervention and stomatological nursing with iced Rhizoma Coptidis decoction, once a day for 4 continuous weeks. After treatment, the therapeutic effect on swallowing disorder was evaluated, and the changes of scores of swallowing disorder before and after treatment were compared in the two groups. Results (1) The total effective rate of intervention group was 87.09%, and that of the control group was 67.74%, the difference being significant (P<0.05) . (2) After treatment, scores of swallowing disorder were increased in both groups (P<0.05 compared with those before treatment) , and the increase in the intervention group was superior to that in the control group ( P<0.05) . Conclusion Iced Rhizoma Coptidis decoction stimulation is effective on improving swallowing function of post-stroke swallowing disorder patients.