Comparative Study Between Heavy Dosage and Conventional Dosage Herba Asari for Treatment of Late Stage Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine1997, (5): 283-285.
Comparative Study Between Heavy Dosage and Conventional Dosage Herba Asari for Treatment of Late Stage Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine1997, (5): 283-285.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.1997.05.018.
As a regular remedy for stubborn Bi - syndrome (arthritis)
Herba Asari is traditionally applied in a dosage not exceeding 1 qian. We applied a heavy dose of Herba Asari for the treatment of 40 cases of late severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with another group of 30 cases treated by regular dosage as control for comparison. Results showed that the total effective rate and markedly effective rate for the treatment group were 90% and 45% respectively
while that for the control group
73. 3% and 26. 7% respectively. The 8 indices. including time of morning stiffness
total number and index of joint pain
total number and index of joint swelling
holding force of both hands
20 -meter walking speed
joint functional index in the treatment group were all superior to the control group (P<0. 01). No obvious side reactions were found.