Clinical efficacy of buzhong yiqi pill combined with imodium in treating post-operational diarrhea in patients of colonic cancer / 中国中西医结合杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the clinical efficacy of Buzhong Yiqi Pill (BYP) combined with imodium in treating post-operational diarrhea in patients undergoing colonic cancer surgery.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Eighty patients with diarrhea after colorectal cancer surgery were randomized into two groups equally, the control group were treated with imodium (loperamide hydrochloride) and the treatment group treated by BYP combined with imodium. The therapeutic efficacy was analyzed and evaluated comprehensively depending upon a defecation check table developed from the XU Zhong-fa's 5-item 10-integrable system.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After treatment, the improvements of the anal controlling capacity, the defecatory sensation, the frequency of defecation in the treatment group were significantly better than those in the control group (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05). The integral function of defecation in the treatment group was obvionsly improved by the end of treatment when compared with before treatment and the control group (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The clinical efficacy of the BYP combined with imodium in treating post-operational diarrhea after colorectal cancer surgery were better than that of imodium alone.</p>