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Treating chronic congestive heart failure with modified buyang huanwu decoction |
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DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2010.02.11 |
Key Words
chronic heart failure;modified Buyang huanwu decoction;clinical observation |
Author Name | Affiliation | GONG Nai-juan | The Second Affiliated Hospital to Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300150, China | Li Qing | The Second Affiliated Hospital to Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300150, China | GU Chen-chen | Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China |
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Abstract
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[Objective] To observe the therapeutic effect of modified Buyang Huanwu decoction in treating chronic heart failure. [Methods] Sixty patients with chronic heart failure were randomly divided into treatment group and control group:control group (30 cases) was treated with Western standard treatment,the treatment group (30 cases) was additionally treated by Buyang Huanwu Decoction. The heart function was assessed before and after treatment. [Results] The effect of treatment group was better than that of control group in improving the symptoms and heart function significantly,the difference of two groups was statistically significant. [Conclusion] Modified Buyang huanwu decoction combined with Western medicine has significant curative effect in treating chronic heart failure compared with conventional therapy alone. |
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