Clinical Study of Western Medicine Combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine on Aged Diabetic Mellitus / 中国中医药信息杂志
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
;
(12)2006.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-579830
ABSTRACT
Objective To study the clinical effect of herbs of replenishing qi, nourishing yin and promoting blood combined with western medicine on symptoms and hemorrheology indexes of aged diabetic mellitus (DM). Methods Sixty cases with DM-2 were randomly divided into two groups. The treatment group was given herbs combined with western medicine and the control group was given western medicine treatment only. The treatment course was 1 month. The clinical symptoms, blood glucose and hemorrheology indexes were observed in both groups. Results There were 11 marked effective cases, 15 effective cases and 4 ineffective cases in treatment group, while 2, 12 and 16 cases in control group. The total effective rate was 86.7% in treatment group and 46.7% in control group. There was a significant difference between the two groups. The whole blood viscosity, platelet aggregation, D-dimer and fingernail microcirculation were significantly improved in the treatment group. Conclusion The herbs of replenishing qi, nourishing yin and promoting blood combined with western medicine can improve the clinical symptoms and hemorrheology of aged DM.
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Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
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2006
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