Therapeutic effects of the traditional medicine BTB combined in treatment of Helicobacter Pylori (HP) infected chronic gastritis
- Author:
Toan Van Nguyen
;
Nam Vu
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Traditional medicine;
gastritis;
Helicobacter pylori
- MeSH:
Traditional medicine;
gastritis;
Helicobacter pylori
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2008;55(3):58-62
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Background: In traditional medicine, there are some herbal medicines and remedies for the treatment of Helicobacter Pylori (HP) infected chronic gastritis. BTB is a remedy that Betelvine combined with \u201cTa kim hoan\u201d remedy and \u201cBach thuoc Cam thao thang\u201d. These medicines are manufactured by the National Hospital of Traditional Medicine. Objectives: (1) To research the analgesic effects, change of endoscopic and histopathological images, anti-HP effects of BTB in the treatment of the HP-infected chronic gastritis. (2) To investigate unexpected side effects of BTB in clinical practice. Subjects and method: 37 chronic gastritis patients with positive HP (based on clinical, endoscopic and histopathological evidences). This was an opened clinical study, comparing results between pre- and post-treatment. Results: BTB could stop epigastric pain (89.2%). The rate of recovering in endoscopic signs was 75.7%. The histopathological results showed that BTB reduced significantly the inflammation level (73% good results); anti-HP rate was 59.5%. Conclusions: In treatment of HP-infected chronic gastritis, BTB could stop pain up to 89.2%. The inflammation level reduced significantly on endoscopic and histopathological images. BTB did not have any unexpected clinical effects.
