title: Medicinal herbs used in pairs for treatment of 98 cases of chronic gastritis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Chronic gastritis was treated with herbal pairs in order to reduce the side effects and raise the therapeutic effects.
  
  
  METHODS
  The outpatients were randomly divided into a treatment group treated with herbal pairs and a control group treated with Banxia Xiexin Tang (Pinellia Decoction for Purging the Stomach-fire).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate in the treatment group was 96%, higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine as guiding principles, herbal pairs have two-way regulatory effects, that is, reducing the side effects and raising the therapeutic effects.
authors.affiliation: Jiangyin Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province 214400.
authors.forename: Jianzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D005757:Gastritis, Atrophic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal