Clinical observation on 42 cases of arthralgia syndrome treated by TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe clinical effect of treating arthralgia syndrome by syndrome differentiation and treatment of TCM.Methods 42 patients with arthralgia syndrome were randomly recruited into a control group and a treatment group.The control group was treated with routine western medicine,and the treatment group was treated with syndrome difierentiation and treatment of TCM.The clinical effect was observed in both groups after the treatment.Results The total effective rate of the treatment group and the control group was 85.7%and 66.7%respectively.The clinical effect in the treatment group was significantly higher than that of the control group(χ~2=3.126,P＜0.05).Conclusion The treatment of syndrome differentiation and treatment of TCM on arthralgia syndrome is better than routine western medicine.