Curative Effect of Experienced Recipe Prescribed by Professor LIU Zhen-Huanfor Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children Analyzed by SNAP-Ⅳ Rating Scale / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the clinical curative effect of applying the modified Xiaojing Decoction, an experienced recipe prescribed by Professor LIU Zhen-Huan, for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD)children with liver-kidney yin deficiency by using the Swanson,Nolan,and Pelham,VersionⅣ(SNAP-Ⅳ) rating scale. Methods By the methods of randomized controlled trial, 60 cases of ADHD children were randomly divided into Chinese medicine group and control group,30 cases in each group. Chinese medicine group was treated with Xiaojing Decoction orally, and the control group was given Methylphenidate Tablets orally. After treatment for 4 weeks, the scores of subscales of SNAP-Ⅳ rating scale and clinical remission rate of the two groups were compared. Results(1)After treatment for 4 weeks,the scores of attention-deficit subscale and hyperactivity-impulsivity subscale of the two groups were much improved (P<0.01 compared with those before treatment),and the improvement in Chinese medicine group was superior to that in the control group(P<0.05).(2)Clinical remission rate of Chinese medicine group arrived to 60.0%,and that of the control group was 33.3%,the difference being significant(P < 0.05). Conclusion The modified Xiaojing Decoction,an experienced recipe prescribed by Professor LIU Zhen-Huan,exerts certain therapeutic effect for the treatment of ADHD children with liver-kidney yin deficiency.