title: [Clinical study of SS syrup in treating xerostomia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the clinical efficacy of SS syrup, a Chinese medicine, and pilocarpine in treating patients with xerostomia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-eight patients conformed to the inclusive criteria were randomly divided into two groups, they were treated by SS syrup (SS group) and pilocarpine (control group) respectively. Three indexes, i.e. questionnaire of dryness in mouth, total static salivary flow and dynamic salivary flow, before treatment, 1, 2 and 4 weeks after treatment were recorded and statistically analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant difference was shown in the 3 indexes in the SS group between before treatment and 1, 2 and 4 weeks after treatment (P < 0.05), while in the control group significant difference was shown between before treatment and 1, 2, and 4 weeks after treatment except for total dynamic salivary flow after I weck treatment (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SS syrup, which has no adverse reaction, no contraindication, could be taken chronically, and shows good efficacy in improving the symptoms of xerostomia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Ninth People's Hospital, the Second Medical University of Shanghai, Shanghai. zheng.ling.yan@sina.com
authors.forename: Ling-yan
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Chuang-qi
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Bei-ping
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal