Clinical Observation on 30 Cases of Acute Osteoarthritis of Knee Joint Treated by Sishen Jian
- VernacularTitle:四神煎治疗膝骨关节炎急性期30例临床观察
- Author:
Zheng PAN
;
Cai-Yun ZHOU
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Osteoarthritis of knee joint;
Therapy of integrated traditional and western medicine;
Herbal decoction Sishen Jian
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1992;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the clinical effect of herbal decoction Sishen Jian on acute osteoarthritis of knee joint.Methods The 60 osteoarthritis cases in the attack stage were randomized into treatment group(30 cases)and control group(30 cases).The treatment group was given the decoction Sishen Jian and Diclofenac Sodium Sustained Release Capsules and the control group was given the capsules only.Two weeks made one course of treatment.Before and after treatment,the symptoms such as pain and morning stiff- ness,the signs including joint swelling and tenderness,and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR)and C reactive protein were ob- served for comparison.Results The total effective rate of the treatment group and control group was 96.66% and 53.26% respec- tively.The difference of two groups was significant(P
