Clinical Observation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined with Artificial Tears Treating Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency Type Dry Eyes / 浙江中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective]To study traditional Chinese medicine of Yangyin Shengjin and Buyi Ganshen combining artificial tears treating liver and kidney Yin deficiency of patients with dry eyes for clinical effect. [Method] Selection of 62 patients(124 eyes) with liver and kidney Yin deficiency ,who were randomly divided into treatment group and control group. The treatment group given herbs of Yangyin Shengjin and Buyi Ganshen combined with artificial tears,but the control group given only artificial tears, with a course of treatment for 30 days and 3 periods of it. To observe the two groups of changing about the clinical efficacy and Schirmer test ,BUT and FL in pretherapy and post-treatment. [Result] Treatment group total effective rate was 83.87%,control group was 58.06%,the curative effect of treatment group was better than that of control group( P<0.05). Two groups of FL,BUT and STI after treatment compared with before treatment,the differences were statistical y significant(P<0.05 or P<0.01),and the treatment group after treatment BUT and STI changes significantly better than that of control group( P<0.01). [Conclusion] The herbs of Yangyin Shengjin and Buyi Ganshen combined with artificial tears treating patients with dry eyes of liver and kidney Yin deficiency have a good clinical efficacy. It is a way to treat disease from the root.