Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of Maxin Shigan Tang combined with Weijingtang in treating elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia with phlegm-heat stagnating. Method: A total of 120 patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group

with 60 cases in each group.Patients in both groups received cefoperazone sodium and sulbactam sodium for intravenous infusion

3 g/time

2 times/day.In addition to the therapy

patients in control group received Filike mixture

15 mL/time

tid; while patients in treatment group received Maxin Shigan Tang combined with Weijingtang

1 dose/day.The treatment course was 14 days.Clinical efficacy

scores of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) primary symptom

peripheral blood inflammatory marker white blood cells

C-reactive protein

calcitonin

recovery time for main symptoms and signs

average length of hospital stay were evaluated and compared. Result: The treatment group's total effective rate was 95.0%

whereas the control group's total effective rate was 81.7%

indicating that treatment group was superior to control group.Compared with control group

clinical efficacy

scores of TCM primary symptom in treatment group were higher (P<0.05).After treatment

temperature recovery time

recovery time for coughing and shortness of breath

rale disappearance time and average hospital stay were statistically significantly different between two groups (P<0.05

P<0.01)

and the treatment group was superior to control group.Levels of white blood cells

C-reactive protein

calcitonin

tumor necrosis factor-α

and interleukin-6 were lower than those in control group after treatment (P<0.05

P<0.01). Conclusion: Maxin Shigan Tang combined with Weijingtang have a curative effect in treating aspiration pneumonia of elderly patients

and can relieve symptoms and signs

and shorten the course of disease.