title: Intermediate and late rheumatoid arthritis treated by tonifying the kidney, resolving phlegm and removing blood stasis.
abstract: Eighty-seven cases of intermediate and late rheumatoid arthritis were treated with Instant Shu Guan Wen Jing Granules ([symbol: see text] Relaxing Joints by Warming Channels) and Instant Shu Guan Qing Luo Granules ([symbol: see text] Relaxing Joints by Removing Heat from the Lung Channel) to tonify the kidney, resolve phlegm and remove blood stasis, and compared with 41 cases treated with Instant Wang Bi Granules ([symbol: see text] Prescription for Arthralgia-syndrome). The treatment produced a clinical cure rate of 54.0% and a total effective rate of 90.8% as in against 29.3% and 73.2% respectively in the control group. The difference was significant (P < 0.01). Improvement in main symptoms and laboratory findings in the treatment group was all more marked than that in the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), with no side effects observed.
authors.affiliation: Nanjing University of TCM and Pharmacy.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal