Yiwei Xiaoyu granules for treatment of chronic atrophic gastritis with deficiency syndrome of the spleen and stomach

Table 3 Clinical efficacy/effectiveness of treatment for symptom relief of deficiency syndrome of the spleen-stomach

	TG	CG	P value
Symptom scores of DSSS (mean ± SD)
Abdominal bloating	1.83 ± 0.25	2.47 ± 0.30	0.11
Epigastric pain	1.56 ± 0.27	2.33 ± 0.26	0.04
Loose stools	1.17 ± 0.25	1.81 ± 0.31	0.11
Fatigue	1.17 ± 0.25	1.86 ± 0.32	0.09
Limb weakness	1.25 ± 0.25	2.22 ± 0.28	0.01
Stomach chill afraid of cold	1.58 ± 0.25	2.39 ± 0.27	0.03
Symptomatic relief (n)			0.11
Cure	0	0
Obvious effect	5	2
Effective	26	22
Ineffective	5	12

CG: Control group; TG: Treatment group; DSSS: Deficiency syndrome of the spleen-stomach.