Clinical efficacy and safety of Guipi decoction combined with escitalopram oxalate tablets in patients with depression

Table 2 Comparison of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores

Group	Time	Easy waking and dreaminess	Palpitation	Forgetfulness	Pale face	Fatigue	Dizziness
Control group (n = 45)	Before treatment	5.08 ± 0.36	4.95 ± 0.22	4.63 ± 1.02	4.82 ± 1.02	4.40 ± 0.26	4.22 ± 0.29
	After 4 wk of treatment	2.46 ± 1.02	1.98 ± 0.11	2.07 ± 0.11	2.96 ± 0.33	1.86 ± 0.22	2.08 ± 0.33
t value		16.249	81.00	16.739	10.639	50.028	32.677
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Experimental group (n = 35)	Before treatment	5.09 ± 0.22	4.96 ± 0.18	4.64 ± 1.03	4.83 ± 1.06	4.42 ± 0.32	4.23 ± 0.19
	After 4 wk of treatment	1.22 ± 0.16a	1.03 ± 0.12a	1.32 ± 0.12a	1.56 ± 0.15a	0.92 ± 0.12a	1.08 ± 0.11a
t value		84.165	107.474	18.941	18.071	60.587	84.883
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 vs control group.