Xiaoyao pill for treatment of functional dyspepsia in perimenopausal women with depression

Table 1 Curative effect of the Xiaoyao pill

Group	n	Cure	Obvious effect	Effectiveness	Ineffectiveness	Effective rate
Control	90	5	18	16	51	43.33%
Treatment	90	20	16	42	12	86.67%b

^bP < 0.01 vs control.

Table 2 Hamilton rating scale for depression

Group	n	Before	After 8 wk
Control	90	12.12 ± 2.29	9.14 ± 1.67d
Treatment	90	11.44 ± 2.15	6.20 ± 2.08bd

^bP < 0.01 vs the control group;

^dP < 0.01 vs before.

Table 3 Levels of motilin, gastrin and gastric emptying rate

Group	Time	MOT (ng/L)	GAS (ng/L)	Gastric emptying rate (%)
Control(n = 90)	Before	86.32 ± 21.89	62.18 ± 13.52	39.23 ± 9.42
	After	100.56 ± 23.34c	76.33 ± 15.27c	46.77 ± 8.52c
Treatment(n = 90)	Before	87.67 ± 23.50	60.25 ± 12.59	41.26 ± 8.38
	After	197.46 ± 26.37ac	110.43 ± 17.47ac	73.35 ± 9.89ac

^aP < 0.05 vs control;

^cP < 0.05 vs before. MOT: Motilin; GAS: Gastrin.