title: [Clinical study on effects of kangwei granule on precancerous lesion in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis].
abstract: (GPL) in patients suffered from chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) differentiated as Pi-deficiency with damp-heat retention and blood stasis in TCM Syndrome differentiation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-eight patients fitting to the admission criteria were randomly divided into two groups, 36 patients were treated with KWG in the treated group and 32 were treated with Weifuchun in the control group, all were treated for 2 treatment courses (12 weeks as one course).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The curative effects on gastroscopy and pathologic changes in the treated group were significantly superior to those in the control group (P < 0.05). The comparison of clinical efficacy, symptom improvement, anti-Helicobactor pylori effect between the two groups was insignificantly different (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  KWG is an effective drug for GPL.
authors.affiliation: Xiamen Hospital of TCM, Fujian. drwuxm@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yao-nan
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yi-bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-fan
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhihong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005757:Gastritis, Atrophic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal