[Effects of injection of Huangqi injectio into Zusanli (ST 36) on immune function in the patient of schizophrenia].
OBJECTIVE
To study on effects of injection of Huangqi Injectio into Zusanli (ST 36) on the hospital infection and immune function in the patient of schizophrenia.


METHODS
Thirty inpatients of chronic schizophrenia were treated with injection of Huangqi Injectio into bilateral Zusanli (ST 36), 2 mL each point, thrice each week, for 8 weeks. Relative immune indexes and the hospital infection were investigated.


RESULTS
The hospital infection and the sub-infection were 4 cases (13.3%), 7 cases-times (23.3%) in the injection group; and 9 cases (15.0%), 19 cases-times (31.7%) in the control group, respectively, with no significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05). The drug-administration duration was 7.77 days/case and 11.87 days/case in the two groups, respectively (P<0.01). In the injection group, as compared with that of last 3 years the duration was 7.77 days/case and 14.08 days/case (P<0.01). IgG, IgA, IgM and T-cell subgroups did not have significant changes, but there was the most different value before and after injection in SIL-2R of the no-infection group, and the longer the drug administration duration, the smaller the different values.


CONCLUSIONS
Injection of Huangqi Injectio into Zusanli (ST 36) has definite effect for prevention of the hospital infection in inpatients of chronic schizophrenia, and SIL-2R is a valuable index for investigation of the hospital of infection.
Zhang
Bing-ru
BR
Wutaishan Hospital of Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225003, China.
Li
Su
S
Yuan
Pei-yun
PY
Zhang
Xiao-bin
XB
Cheng
Li-xin
LX
Zhou
Hong-hui
HH
Zhou
Chao-yun
CY
Liu
Xiao-yu
XY
Wang
Xiao-ling
XL
Tian
Gui-zhen
GZ
Lin
Qi-gen
QG
Sha
Wei-wei
WW
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D027883:Astragalus Plant; D027885:Astragalus propinquus; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000097:blood; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000276:immunology*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; C027492:Huang Qi