Clinical Study of Chinese Medicine by Oral and Topical Application in Treating Elderly Herpes Zoster / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of Chinese medicine in treating elderly herpes zoster, and study the clinical evaluation of the treatment with Chinese medicine from evidence-based medicine (EBM) view. Methods All the 156 elderly patients diagnosed with herpes zoster were randomly divided into treatment group (78) and control group (78). The former group was administered with Chinese medicine by oral administration and topical application, while the latter took aciclovir alone. All the case were treated for 10 days. Results The overall response rates of Chinese medicine and aciclovir in treatment herpes zoster were respectively 98.70% and 84.62% (P