title: [Clinical study on effect of huancongdan capsule in treating senile vascular dementia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effect of Huancongdan (HCD) capsule on senile vascular dementia (SVD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy two cases of SVD were divided randomly into two groups. The HCD group (37 cases) were treated with HCD and the control group (35 cases) treated with Hydergine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 2 months of treatment, the clinical symptoms, hyponeural defect, self-care capability and abnormal ratio of whole blood viscosity to plasma viscosity in HCD group were significantly different as compared with before treatment (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The effect of HCD for treatment of SVD was affirmative.
authors.affiliation: Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of TCM, Beijing 100091.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000187:drug effects; D002214:Capsules; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016037:Single-Blind Method
chemical_list: D002214:Capsules; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal