[Studies on stimulating circulation to end stasis in scleroderma].
Of 725 cases of scleroderma, 265 were of systemic type (the sex ratio being 1M:6F) and 460 of circumscribed type (the sex ratio being 1M:9F). The patients were divided into three groups and treated with three different stimulating circulation to end stasis (SCES) prescriptions. Satisfactory therapeutic effects were obtained in all. According to the clinical practice and laboratory findings, although SCES therapy exerted manifold actions on the disease, it not only softened the indurated connective tissues, tonified the body and improved the symptoms, but also improved laboratory indexes as follows: nailfold bed capillary, parameter of the peripheral blood stream in patients, content of urinary 2-ketol, 17-KS, free corten, serum joint-hexose, amino-hexose and histopathology including ultrastructure of the skin. The main effect was the improvement of circulation, especially the microcirculation and regulation of the metabolism of the connective tissues. Great attention should be paid to the drug's function of softening the indurated connected tissues. For further investigation, the authors have stressed three important points: screening of clinical symptoms and signs, examination of blood circulatory disturbances, and examination of pathological changes of the connective tissue. The necessity of developing new criteria for judging the therapeutic effects was emphasized.
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D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D009262:Nails / Q000098:blood supply; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal