title: [Treatment of endometriosis with removing blood stasis and purgation method].
abstract: According to the method of differentiation of symptom complexes of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), endometriosis is a disease of blood stasis and mass in the lower portion of abdomen. 76 cases were treated by TCM prescription named endometriotic pill No 1 with rhubarb as the main ingredient. The chief functions of the rhubarb were removing blood stasis, disintegrating mass and purgation. The total effective rate was 80.26%. Among them, the effective rate of dysmenorrhea was 88.89%, that of pelvic pain was 66.72%, that of intercourse pain 72.12%, and diminishing in size of mass or nodule 22.15%; 3 cases of 22 infertility got pregnant (13.63%). The results revealed that the endometriotic pill No 1 yielded distinct improvement in the treatment of endometriosis, including clinical symptoms and signs, laboratory assay of blood rheology, serum Ig, subgroup of T lymphocyte (OKT system) and PG.
authors.affiliation: Long Hua Hospital, Shanghai College of TCM.
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z F
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000187:drug effects; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000097:blood; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000378:metabolism; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012250:Rheum; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D015237:Dinoprost