Clinical Study of Yang-warming and Removing Stagnation Therapy in Treating Elderly Functional Constipation / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

Objective: To observe the clinical curative effect of Yang-warming and removing stagnation therapy in treating elderly functional constipation. Methods: According to the method of random numbers, 90 cases of elderly functional constipation patients were divided into treatment group and control group, two groups of 45 cases each. With the control group given Duphalac oral treatment, control group given Yang-warming and removing stagnation therapy traditional Chinese medicine orally. After treatment period of 4 weeks to observe the clinical effect of two groups of patients. Results:In the process of treatment, there was no obvious adverse reaction in the treatment group. Patients after treatment with this traditional Chinese medicine method, the total effective rate was 97.78％, significantly higher than the 88.89％ in the control group, the difference statistically significant (P ＜0.05) . Compared with control group, treatment group after this traditional Chinese medicine method, significantly reduce major clinical symptoms integral, TCM symptom score significantly reduced, statistically significant difference (P ＜ 0.05) . Results: Yang-warming and removing stagnation therapy has significant curative effect of treatment of elderly functional constipation.