Clinical effect of combination of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its effect on pulmonary function / 中国生化药物杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the clinical treatment effect of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Methods 160 patients with COPD from December 2014 to December 2016 in our hospital were enrolled in this study.and randomly divided into two groups.The control group was treated with western medicine only.The observation group was treated with traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine.The therapeutic effects of the two groups were compared.Results The effective rate was 88.75% in the observation group and 76.25% in the control group(P<0.05).After treatment, FEV1 was(1.85±0.42) L and FVC was(1.64±0.33) L in the observation group.In the control group, FEV1 was(2.56±0.35) L, FVC was(2.32±0.37) L, the improvement of the observation group was more obvious(P<0.05).The incidence of adverse reactions was 8.75% in the observation group and 7.50% in the control group, the difference was not statistically significant.Conclusion The clinical effect of traditional Chinese and western medicine in the treatment of COPD is remarkable and worthy of promotion.