title: [Clinical observation on chronic severe hepatitis B treated by principles of cooling-blood and detoxicating combined with clearing-heat and resolving-damp or combined with strengthening-Pi and warming-yang].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the therapeutic efficacy on chronic severe hepatitis B (CSH) patients of Yanghuang and Yinhuang syndrome type by principles of cooling-blood and detoxicating combined with clearing-heat and resolving dampness (PA) or with strengthening-Pi and warming-yang (PB), respectively.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-three patients with CSH were randomly divided into two groups, group A (22 cases) treated with PA and group B (21 cases) with PB. The therapeutic efficacy, laying stress on the effect in eliminating jaundice, was observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The efficacy in group B was effective in 19 cases (90.5%), and ineffective in 2 (9.5%), while in group A, effective in 16 (72.7%) and ineffective in 6 (27.3%). Levels of TBIL and ALT were significantly lower in both groups (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), and the descending extent was greater, the thrombinogen activity was higher in group B than that in group A after treatment (P < 0.05), no significant difference in ALT was found between the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The efficacy of PB is better than that of PA on CSH with Yanghuang and Yinghuang syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Liver Disease Center, The First Hospital Affiliated to Hunan University of TCM, Changsha. keweisun@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Ke-wei
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yu-hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal