Evaluation on the effects of a granulated medicine “ Com bo ty cai dang” in the nutritional rehabilitation of the children in community

ABSTRACT

74 malnourished children of I and II grade according to the score of nursery medicine, in 2 creches, aged 12-60 months, irrespective of gender, suffering from 2 forms of malnitition (Ty hu - digestion failure, and Cam tich - stunting, as traditional medicine's classification). Studied subjects were divided randomly into 2 groups: one - 41 subjects using Com bo ty cai dang gramlae and other - 33 not. Com bo ty cai dang has exerted significant effect on rehabilitation of malnourished children. After 1 month, 92.68% subjects have got weight gained, while in control group only 57.58%. The effect was notified in both two forms: - Ti hu 31.43% and Cam tich 16.67%, there is no side effect