Ai Xiaowen~1, Zhao Yuping~2. Clinical Observation on 60 Cases of Chronic Tourette’s Disease Treated with Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2006, (1): 36-37.
Ai Xiaowen~1, Zhao Yuping~2. Clinical Observation on 60 Cases of Chronic Tourette’s Disease Treated with Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2006, (1): 36-37.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2006.01.024.
Objective:To observe therapeutic effect of Zhidong Fang on chronic Tourette’s disease and to explore a more effective therapy.Methods:60 cases of chronic Tourette’s disease were randomly divided into 3 groups
TCM group
western medicine(WM) group and TCM plus WM group
20 cases in each group.The TCM group were treated with Zhidong Fang
the WM group with holoperidol and the TCM plus WM group with Zhidong Fang plus heloperidol for 6 months.Scores of symptoms before and after treatment were assessed to observe their therapeutic effects.Results:The effective rate was 50% in the TCM group
55% in the WM group and 80% in the TCM plus WM group
with no significant difference between the TCM group and the WM group(P>0.05)
and with significant differences as the TCM group and the WM group compared with TCM plus WM group(P<0.01).Conclusion:Zhidong Fang has definite therapeutic effect on chronic Tourette’s disease and the integrated TCM and WM is an ideal therapy.