title: [Clinical effect of tianma-cuzhi granules on senile vascular dementia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the clinical efficacy of Tianma-cuzhi Granules (TMC) in treating senile vascular dementia(VaD) of the "sthenia of liver-yang" type.
  
  
  METHODS
  TMC were given to thirty VaD patients three times a day of 0.5 g/bageach. The treatment course was one month and the patients finished two consecutive courses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  TMC could markedly increase the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and Hamilton depression scale(HDS) marks of VaD patients, and also contribute to improving certain indexes especially in abnormal cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TMC have certain effects on senile VaD.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medicine, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal