[Early stage of gan-zheng in children treated with sheng-zhang-Ling].
The authors report here the results of prospective clinic study on 108 cases of the early stage of Gan-Zheng (infantile malnutrition) in children. It was proved that professor Zhan Qisun's tested recipe Sheng-Zhang-Ling(SZL) had an obvious effect in treating children with early stage of Gan-Zheng. The total effective rate was 90.2%, and the significantly effective rate was 60.79%. Various symptoms of patients using this prescription disappeared or improved. The increase of body weight, height and subcutaneous fat of these patients was faster than those of the blank control group and the group using zinc sulfate. The difference was statistically significant among those three groups. It was indicated that effects of the SZL group were not caused by children's natural growth and development. There was an obvious advantage over the zinc sulfate group with regard to clinical effects, side effects and total synthetic effects. It was concluded SZL is an effective prescription for curing patients with early stage of Gan-Zheng and stimulating children's growth and development. Hemoglobin, D-xylose in urine, serum gastrin, serum zinc ion were detected before and after the treatment. It was suggested that SZL had the effects to stimulate gastrointestinal secretion and absorption, to improve digestive function, to increase serum zinc ion and to cure anemia.
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Institute of Pediatrics, Zhejiang College of TCM, Hangzhou.
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007228:Infant Nutrition Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014994:Xylose / Q000652:urine; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005755:Gastrins; D006454:Hemoglobins; D014994:Xylose; D015032:Zinc