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Clinical observation on hyperthyroidism treated with integrated TCM and western medicine in 118 patients |
Hits 1489 Download times 1744 Received:February 17, 2008 |
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DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2008.03.08 |
Key Words
combined treatment of TCM and Western medicine;hyperthyroidism;observation of therapeutic effect |
Author Name | Affiliation | MENG Yu | Tianjin Huanghe Hospital, Tianjin 300100, China |
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Abstract
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[Objective] To observe the therapeutic effect of integrated treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine in patients with hyperthyroidism. [Methods] One hundred and eighteen patients were randomly divided into two groups. One group (n=118)was treated with Chinese crude drug(Long dancao, Zhizi, Huangqin, Chaihu,Yujin, Sheng longmu etc.) and low dose Tapazol. The other group(n=63) was with western medicine Tapazol. The course of therapy was four weeks. The total effective rate and the level of thyroid hormones was compared after therapy. [Results] The total effective rate of the combined group was significantly different when compared with that of the western medicine group(94.9% vs 84.1%, P<0.05). There was no significant difference in improving the function of thyroid(P>0.05). [Conclusions] The effect of combined treatment of TCM and Western medicine is better than that of Western medicine only. It is deserved to generalize this method. |
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