Title: Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in catabasis treated by combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the effect of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in catabasis treated by combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine.Methods One hundred cases with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases were randomly divided into two groups.Fifty cases(treatment group) were treated with traditional Chinese medicine drug(invigorating lung and kidney) plus routine western medicine,other fifty patients(control group) underwent routine western medicine.Symptom integration and 6 minutes walking distance were measured a day before and after treatment.The therapeutic course was 14 days.Results The total effective rate in treatment group was higher(95%)than that in control group(84%,P0.05).There were obvious differences between two groups on cough,phlegm amount,asthma,bellows sign integration and 6 minutes walking distance(P0.05). Conclusion Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine has a definite effect on chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases,and can improve exercise tolerance of patients.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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