Clinical observation on 108 cases of rheumatoid arthiritis at active stage treated by bathing with Compound Xiaobi Yaoyu Bao[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2003, (4): 267-269.
Clinical observation on 108 cases of rheumatoid arthiritis at active stage treated by bathing with Compound Xiaobi Yaoyu Bao[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2003, (4): 267-269.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2003.04.020.
Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of bathing with Compound Xiaobi Yaoyu Bao on rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: 169 cases of rheumatoid arthritis at active atage were randomly divided into treatment group (n = 108) and control group (n = 61). and were treated by bathing with Compound Xiaobi Yaoyu Bao and external smearing of 1% Voltaren emulsion respectively. After treatment of 30 days
therapeutic effects
symptoms and signs
infra-red thermogram
inflammatory markers and hemorheologic indexes were investigated. Results: Clinicaly cured rate and total effective rate were 77. 8% and 92. 6% respectively
main symptoms and signs improved significantly in treatment group. Examination of infra-red thermogram showed that temperature on surface of bilateral finger joints decreased significantly (P<0. 05 or P<0. 01). inflammatory markers ESR and CRP decreased significantly (P<0. 01). and hemorheologic indexes decreased significantly (P<0. 05 or P<0. 01) in the patient. And all the indexes in treatment group were superior to those in control group (P< 0. 05 or P<0. 01). Conclusion: Bathing with Compound Xiaobi Yaoyu Bao has obvious therapeutic action on rheumatoid arthritis at active stage.