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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 15, 1996; 2(Suppl1): 208-208
Published online Sep 15, 1996. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v2.iSuppl1.208
Analysis of therapeutic effects of soothing the liver and regulating the stomach on 80 cases of functional dyspepsia
Bao-Tai Yao, Xiu-Rong Sun, Lei Wang, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of TCM, Jinan 250011, Shandong Province, China
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Received: August 11, 1995
Revised: March 21, 1996
Accepted: July 19, 1996
Published online: September 15, 1996

Abstract

AIM: Functional dyspepsia is commonly seen in clinic, however, its cause is not clear. In order to search for a new effective means of TM for the treatment of the disease, the authors treated 80 cases of FD with the TCM methods of soothing the liver and regulating the function of stomach which showed a satisfactory effect and no side effects, compared with 76 cases of the same disease in the control group.

METHODS: From January 1992 to October 1995, 156 in or out patients of FD in our hospital were randomly divided into 2 groups: 80 cases in the Chinese drug group and 76 cases in the control group (treated with Domperidone). The sex, age and course of the disease were basically comparable between the 2 groups. According to TCM, all the cases in the Chinese drug group were divided into 3 types: the type of disharmony of the liver and stomach. Patients of this type were given the basic recipe with ingredients as follows: Radix Bupleuri 12 g, Fructus Aurantii 12 g, Radix Paeniae Alba 18 g, Radix Curcumae 12 g, Radix Auckalndiae 10 g, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 10 g, Rhizoma Cyprei 10 g, Caulis Peillae 9 g, Pericarpium Arecae 18 g. Poria 15 g, Rhizoma Atracylodis Macrocephalate 12 g, Rhixoma Pinclliae 12 g and Radix Glxcyrrhizae 6 g.

Key Words: Liver, Stomach, Functional dyspepsia



Footnotes

Original title: China National Journal of New Gastroenterology (1995-1997) renamed World Journal of Gastroenterology (1998-).

E- Editor: Liu WX

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