(self and before - after) as control. Indices for observation included integration of main manifestations

analysis on blood - gas

changes in pulmonary function

and the frequency of catching cold before and after treatment. Results showed that the improvement in arterial partial pressure of oxygen and lung ventilation in the integrated medicine group were superior to the control group. The amelioration of subjective symptoms was also distinctive and persistent in the treatment group

with marked decrease in the rate of relapse

marked prolongation of survival time and improvement of their living quality.With difficult in breathing

dry coughing

clubbed fingers and Velcro’s rales asits distinctive manifestations

13 cases of IPF were alltreated with integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine

with another group treated with western method alone