title: [Treatment of chronic Brucellosis with combined traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine therapy].
abstract: 66 patients of chronic Brucellosis were treated by two programs and their differences were analysed. 30 (control) were treated with Brucella phenol insoluble portion (PI), injected intramuscularly by increasing the doses gradually, 2 times a week, 20 times as a course. 36 treated with combined traditional Chinese and Western medicine (TCM-WM), besides using PI, they were treated with Modified Duhuo Jisheng Tang. Results were evaluated 70 days later. The basic cure rate between two groups were 86.11% and 53.17%, the effective rates were 99.22% and 86.66% respectively. The difference is significant (P < 0.01 and 0.05). Most symptoms disappeared or alleviated in both groups, but improved more quickly in TCM-WM group. The side effect in control group was more serious. The objective indexes, such as serological test, skin hypersensitivity reaction and WBC count, etc. were improved better in combined therapy group than that in control group (P < 0.05-0.01). Duhuo Jisheng Tang has the function of replenishing Liver and Kidney, nourishing the Blood and Qi, getting rid of rheumatism and relieving pain, if used with PI, it could strengthen immunity and inhibit the release of alergin.
authors.affiliation: TCM Hospital of Wusu County, Xinjiang.
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Sheng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002002:Brucella / Q000276:immunology*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal