Epigastric pain syndrome: What can traditional Chinese medicine do? A randomized controlled trial of Biling Weitong Granules

Table 5 Total epigastric pain score (mean ± SD) in functional dyspepsia patients in a full analysis set

	Placebo group, n = 120	BLWTG group, n = 118	P value
Baseline	4.63 ± 0.73	4.61 ± 0.72	0.8748
Week 1	4.43 ± 1.17	4.03 ± 1.28	0.0125
Week 2	3.65 ± 1.63	3.2 ± 1.59	0.0335
Week 3	3.67 ± 1.42	2.81 ± 1.46	< 0.0001
Week 4	3.45 ± 1.48	2.38 ± 1.7	< 0.0001
Week 5	3.23 ± 1.75	1.84 ± 1.71	< 0.0001
Week 6	3.19 ± 1.56	1.32 ± 1.5	< 0.0001

BLWTG: Biling Weitong Granules.