Efficacy research of self-made traditional Chinese medicine for hand-foot-mouth disease

VernacularTitle:自拟中药方剂治疗儿童手足口病疗效观察
Author: Xinfang LI ; Xiaofeng GONG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Hand,foot and mouth disease; Drugs,Chinese herb; Child
From: Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2012;(24):3736-3737
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore clinical effect of self-made traditional Chinese medicine for hand-foot-mouth disease.Methods 118 cases with hand-foot-mouth disease were randomly divided into two groups.The control group(n=59)were treated by regular western medicines.On that basis,the study group(n=59)were treated bys elf-made traditional Chinese medicine.And the curative effects of two groups were observed.Results Fever subsidise time of the study group after treatment was(2.0±0.7)d,which was significantly shorter than that of the control group,with P＜0.05.Rash subsidise time of the study group after treatment was(3.9±0.9)d,was significantly shorter than that of the control group,with P＜0.05.Length of hospital stay of the study group after treatment was(3.5±1.3)d,was significantly shorter than that of the control group,with P＜0.05.Total effective rate of the study group after treatment was 94.9％,which was significantly higher than that of the control group(81.4％),with P＜0.05.Conclusion Self-made traditional Chinese medicine for hand-foot-mouth disease has good clinical curative effect,has high security and reliability.