The therapeutic mechanism of Songling Xuemaikang Capsule on the individual with cerebral infarction reconvalescent / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of traditional Chinese medicine,Songling Xuemaikang Capsule on the individual with cerebral infarction reconvalescent and its mechanism.Methods Patients in control group( n =54) received regularly therapy and treatment group( n =55) was treated with regularly therapy and Songling Xuemaikang Capsule for eight weeks respectively.The clinical therapeutic effeets,Barthel index,hemorheology indexes,serum lipid and C-reactive protein (CRP) were determined.Results The total clinical effective rate in treatment group and control group was 70.9％ and 55.6％ (P ＜ 0.01 ).After eight weeks treatment,the scores of Barthel Index,hemorheology indexes,the amounts of serum lipid and CRP in treatment group were improved significantly as compared to the control group ( P ＜ 0.05 or P ＜ 0.01 ).There was no severely side effect found in this trial.Conclusion Songling Xuemaikang Capsule could partly improve patients clinical outcome and life quality.The clinical efficacy of Songling Xuemaikang Capsule on the individual with cerebral infarction reconvalescent should be related to its functioning to promote the recovery of patients' blood hemorheology,and regulate serum lipid and decrease CRP level.