Effect of Anxin Granules on Hypersensitive C-reactive Protein in Coronary Heart Disease Patients with Angina Pectoris / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

[Objective] To observe the effect of Anxin Granules (mainly composed of Radix Ginseng, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Pericarpium Trichosanthis, Hinido, Poria, etc.) in improving the symptoms of angina pectoris (AP) and acute inflammatory reaction in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients with AP. [Methods] Eighty senile CHD patients with AP of blood-stasis type were allocated to groups A and B with random number table. Group A was treated with Anxin Granules 3.5 g, tid combined with routine drug treatment and group B with routine drug treatment only. Four weeks constituted one treatment course. The changes of symptoms, electrocardiogram (EGG) and serum hypersensitive C-reactive protein (Hs-CRP) level were observed before and after treatment. [Results] In relieving symptoms and decreasing Hs-CRP level, group A was better than group B ( P 0.05) . Serum Hs-CRP level decreased in groups A and B after treatment as compared with that before treatment (P