Efficacy and safety of Xiangsha Liujunzi granules for functional dyspepsia: A multi-center randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical study

Table 6 Gastric emptying rates of proximal and distal stomach

Time	Placebo (n = 67)	CHM (n = 135)	t	P value
0 wk
GE rate of proximal stomach
30 min	32.85 ± 19.27	30.91 ± 16.67	0.653	0.515
60 min	49.26 ± 18.67	49.46 ± 17.74	-0.066	0.947
90 min	66.37 ± 14.63	63.72 ± 17.51	0.948	0.344
120 min	76.54 ± 13.97	75.39 ± 13.91	0.487	0.627
GE rate of distal stomach
30 min	15.68 ± 35.26	6.81 ± 37.61	1.576	0.117
60 min	32.49 ± 30.82	26.91 ± 33.36	1.124	0.263
90 min	49.26 ± 25.93	41.84 ± 33.59	1.555	0.122
120 min	61.61 ± 21.85	57.52 ± 27.02	1.053	0.294
4 wk
GE rate of proximal stomach
30 min	28.48 ± 13.13	36.31 ± 10.78	-4.195	0.000
60 min	47.21 ± 16.76	56.92 ± 10.27	-4.722	0.000
90 min	59.59 ± 17.71	72.92 ± 16.94	-6.919	0.000
120 min	71.47 ± 16.94	82.31 ± 7.35	-5.888	0.000
GE rate of distal stomach
30 min	7.03 ± 35.40	-24.34 ± 34.02	5.707	0.000
60 min	26.94 ± 31.39	40.83 ± 16.37	-3.871	0.000
90 min	50.06 ± 21.97	56.90 ± 15.35	-2.406	0.017
120 min	61.89 ± 15.26	67.66 ± 13.41	-2.578	0.011

CHM: Chinese herb medicine; GE: Gastric emptying.