title: [Modified sanjiasan decoction in regulating intelligence state of patients with vascular dementia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the therapeutic effects of modified Sanjiasan decoction (MSD) on vascular dementia (VD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-seven patients in the treated group were given MSD, one dosage each day, and 31 patients in the control group were administered orally Naofukang 0.8 g three times a day. The treatment course for both groups was three months. The indices as Hasegawa dementia scale (HDS), mini mental state examination (MMSE) and its subentries, intelligence quotient (IQ) and memory quotient (MQ) were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  MSD could improve the scores of HDS, MMSE and its subentries (P<0.05 or P<0.01), ameliorate dementia state and enhance IQ (P<0.05) and MQ (P<0.01) in patients with VD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MSD has a certain effect on intelligence benefiting and dementia antagonizing.
authors: Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing. liutao@njutcm.edu
authors: Tao
authors: T
authors: Liu
authors: Can-hui
authors: CH
authors: Wang
authors: Jin
authors: J
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000187:drug effects*; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D018697:Nootropic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D008419:Materia Medica; D018697:Nootropic Agents