[Clinical observation on effects of therapeutic method of expelling wind, eliminating phlegm and promoting blood circulation in treating acute cerebral infarction in stroke unit].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the effects of therapeutic method of expelling wind, eliminating phlegm and promoting blood circulation (EWEPPB) in treating acute cerebral infarction (ACI) depending on the clinical and data platform of stroke clinical unit.


METHODS
ACI patients were randomly assigned to the control group (36 cases) treated by routine Western therapy alone and the treatment group (32 cases) with routine therapy plus Chinese medicinal compound for EWEPPB. The treatment course was 14 days. The scores of TCM symptom, the NIH stroke scale (NIHSS), and Barthel index (BI) were used for evaluating the effect of treatment.


RESULTS
The scores of TCM symptom and NIHSS decreased, and that of BI increased after treatment in both groups, and the treatment in the treatment group showed a effect significantly better than that in the control group (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
EWEPPB is effective method in treating ACI, traditional Chinese compounds for EWEPPB could play a positive role in the stroke unit.
Fan
Yong-pin
YP
Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing. yongpingf@hotmail.com
Xiong
Yang
Y
Zhou
Yu
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal