Medicinal herbs used in pairs for treatment of 98 cases of chronic gastritis.
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.
Xia
Jianzhong
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Jiangyin Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province 214400.
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
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal