Clinical Observation on 51 Patients with Parkinson's Disease Treated by Yangjinhua Powder Capsule / 中医杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the clinical effect of Yangjinhua Powder Capsule(Flos Daturae Powder Capsule)in the treatment of Parkinson's disease(PD).Methods Of the 51 PD patients,15 who came for the first visit were administered Yangjinhua Powder Capsule only,and 36 who had been taking western medicine were given Yangjinhua Powder Capsule without stopping using the original medicine.The Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale(UPDRS)was used to score the patients before treatment,7 days,3 months,and 6 months after treatment respectively,and as well to evaluate the total effect and untoward reactions.Results After treatment,29(56.86%)patients were remarkably improved;11(21.57%)patients were improved;and 2(3.92%)patients were slightly improved.Totally 42 patients were improved.The total effective rate was 82.35%.After 7 days' treatment,the improvement of tremor was significant(P