title: [Effect of nourishing kidney to inducing resuscitation method on psychic evaluation table in patients of vascular dementia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To probe the effect of the nourishing Kidney to inducing resuscitation (NKIR) on psychic evaluation table in patients of vascular dementia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Modified Sanjiasan Granule (MSG), a representative recipe of NKIR, was used to treat 26 patients with vascular dementia, 7 g per day orally for one month as one therapeutic course, and the effect of treatment was evaluated by psychic evaluation table.
  
  
  RESULTS
  MSG could increase the total scoring of Hagayakawa Dementia Scale and mini mental state examination (MMSE) as well as the single entry scoring of MMSE. It could reverse the process of vascular dementia in psychic evaluation table.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MSG has good effect in improving intelligence and anti-dementia.
authors.affiliation: Nanjing University of TCM, Nanjing (210029).
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal