Effect of Chinese medicine on tumor necrosis factor-αin treatment of ul-cerative colitis
- VernacularTitle:中药治疗溃疡性结肠炎对肿瘤坏死因子α的影响
- Author:
Yiyong SONG
1
;
Yi REN
;
Yuzhu LIU
;
Wenjuan LIU
;
Feng LIU
Author Information
1. 北京市石景山区中医医院检验科
- Keywords:
Ulcerative colitis;
Traditional Chinese medicine;
Enemas;
TNF-α
- From:
China Modern Doctor
2015;(14):81-83
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To assay tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α) changes during the treatment of ulcerative colitis with the Chinese herbal prescription and study the mechanism of herbal prescription in ulcerative colitis treatment. Meth-ods 60 ulcerative colitis patients were treated with self-made enema treatment, evaluated clinical efficacy of herbal en-ema for ulcerative colitis and detected TNF-α changes in serum. Results After a course of herbal enema treatment, the total effective rate was 95.00% and the level of TNF-α decreased to (20.7±6.6) pg/mL on average. Conclusion Serum tumor necrosis factor level is significantly reduced after the herbal enema treatment. The treatment can enhance immune system function of ulcerative colitis patients and get better clinical efficacy.
