title: [Effect of Penqiangyan Granule on the immune function of patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease of blood-stasis and Shen-deficiency syndrome type].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the effect of Penqiangyan Granule (PG) on the immunity of patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (CPID) of blood stasis and Shen-deficiency syndrome (BSSDS) type.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty patients were randomly assigned to two groups: the treatment group treated with PG and the control group with Penyanjing Granule, 30 cases in each group. The treatment course was 4 weeks for both groups. The clinical efficacy, plasma levels of CD4 and CD8, and the serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-2 (IL-2) were measured before and after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment, the total effective rate in the treatment group and the control group was 96.7% and 63.3% respectively with significant difference between groups (P < 0.05); in the treatment group the plasma CD4, CD4/CD8 and serum IL-2 increased obviously, while the plasma CD8 and serum TNF-alpha decreased markedly (P < 0.05), all were significantly different with those in the control group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PG can improve the immune function and alleviate inflammation in CPID patients of BSSDS type.
authors.forename: Rui-Fen
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-Na
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000097:blood; D016711:Yang Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007376:Interleukin-2; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C533636:penqiangyan