Title: Clinical Study of TCM Combined with Western Medicine Treatment on Lyme Disease
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) combined with western medicine in treatment of Lyme disease (LD). Methods Thirty-nine patients with LD were allocated into 2 groups randomly, a TCM combined with western medicine group (21 cases) received antibiotics and the Chinese herb formula Bai-Hu-Tang; and a western medicine alone group (18 cases) received antibiotics only. Twenty-one days constituted a therapeutic course. Results The cure rate and total effective rate in the TCM combined with western medicine group were significantly higher than that in western medicine alone group(P0.01), and course of disease in the former group was apparently shortened than that of the western medicine alone group(P0.001). Conclusion TCM combined with western medicine demonstrates advantages in all aspects in the treatment of Lyme disease.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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