title: [Clinical observation on effect of baisuifang oral liquid in treating vascular dementia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of Baisuifang Oral Liquid (BSF) in treating vascular dementia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients selected according to the diagnostic standard of American Association of Psychiatry were randomly divided into two groups, the 37 patients in the BSF treated group and the 28 patients in the control group treated by Naofukang with therapeutic course of 3 months. Changes of clinical symptoms, TCM Syndrome, mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and activity of daily living (ADL) score, hemorrheologic characters, platelet aggregation and blood lipid were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  BSF could ameliorate the symptoms and TCM Syndrome, decrease blood lipid, improve the hemorrheologic character, elevate the MMSE and ADL score of patients. The total effective rate in the treated group was 75.68% and the markedly effective rate 24.32%, which were obviously superior to those in the control group respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BSF is an effective Chinese herbal preparation in treating vascular dementia, which could promote the restoration of learning memory, and improve the clinical symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200025.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D018056:Hemorheology / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal