ZHOU Jing, CHEN Zong-lin, YANG Dong, et al. Effect of Blood Stasis-removing Huoxue Quyu Decoction Fumigation in Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis with Diffuse Scleroderma[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2016, 22(20): 158-162.
ZHOU Jing, CHEN Zong-lin, YANG Dong, et al. Effect of Blood Stasis-removing Huoxue Quyu Decoction Fumigation in Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis with Diffuse Scleroderma[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2016, 22(20): 158-162. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.2016200158.
Objective: To study the therapeutic efficacy and safety of blood stasis-removing Huoxue Quyu decoction fumigation combined with leflunomide (LEF) and prednisone (Pred) in treatment of systemic sclerosis with diffuse scleroderma (dsSSc). Method: Totally 149 patients of dsSSc were divided into two groups in random:control group (LEF and Pred
71 cases) and observation group (Huoxue Quyu decoction fumigation combined with LEF and Pred
78 cases)
and treated for 6 months. Before and after treatment
efforts were made to observe Raynaud's Phenomenon (RP)
hardness of skin
symptoms of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)
quality of life of two groups
detect erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C reactive protein (CRP)
and evaluate clinical efficacy and adverse reactions. Result: Compared with control group
observation group showed increase in total effective rate (P<0.05). Compared with the same group before treatment
incidence of RP reduced in both groups (P<0.05). Compared with control group after treatment
incidence of RP reduced in observation group (P<0.01). Compared with the same group before treatment
control group showed no change in hardness of skin and symptoms of TCM after treatment
whereas observation group showed decreases in hardness of skin and symptoms of TCM after treatment
Compared with control group after treatment
observation group showed decreases in hardness of skin and symptoms of TCM (P<0.05). Compared with the same group before treatment
both groups showed increase in quality of life
and decreases in ESR and CRP (P<0.05). Compared with the control group after treatment
observation group showed increase in quality of life
and decreases in ESR and CRP (P<0.05). Both groups had no statistically significant difference in adverse reaction rate. Conclusion: The blood stasis-removing Huoxue Quyu fumigation combined with LEF and Pred has a better effect than the administration with single western medicine in treatment of dsSSc