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Clinical observation on treating light or moderate depression after stroke with YiqiHuoxue Decoction in 60 patients |
Hits 1467 Download times 1590 Received:June 26, 2010 |
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DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2010.05.12 |
Key Words
apoplexy;depression;Yiqi Huoxue;Fluoxetine;therapy of TCM |
Author Name | Affiliation | CHEN Lei | Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanghai Central Hospital in Xuhui District, Shanghai 230031, China | ZHANG Ya-min | Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanghai Central Hospital in Xuhui District, Shanghai 230031, China |
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Abstract
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[Objective] To observe the clinical effect of Yiqi Huoxue Decoction in treating depression after apoplexy in the early stage.[Methods] Sixty patients with depression in the early stage after apoplexy were treated.The patients were randomly divided into the treatment group(30 cases) treated with Western medicine and Yiqi Huoxue decoction and the control group(30 cases) treated with Western medicine and Fluoxetine.The two groups were compared before and after treatment.[Results] The scores of Hamilton depression rating scale and Chinese medical symptom scale in the treatment group were superior to that in the control group significantly(P<0.01),neural function defect scale in the treatment group wase also superior to that in the control group significantly(P<0.05).[Conclusion] Yiqi Huoxue Decoction has a good effect in treating depression after apoplexy. |
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