[Clinical and experimental studies on qumotang for bleeding after medical abortion in 214 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To relieve the side-effect of heavy vaginal bleeding after medical abortion.


METHODS
Two hundred and fourteen clinical cases were enrolled, 111 of them were treated with Qumotang (QMT) and 103 cases were the control group.


RESULTS
The average bleeding durations is 8.7 +/- 6.4 days and 13.6 +/- 7.1 days respectively. The percentages of the cases with bleeding amount less than normal menstruation in QMT group and the control were 18.44% and 30.63% respectively, the difference was significant (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
QMT increased the intrauterine pressure and contraction frequency of rabbit uterus in vivo and it is the effective herbal recipe for bleeding after medical abortion. QMT presented its efficacy of removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, increasing the contraction of uterine muscles and vessels.
D000021:Abortifacient Agents, Steroidal; D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015735:Mifepristone; D011247:Pregnancy; D011817:Rabbits; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*