HU Hai-yan1, ZHU Wei-ming2, ZHENG Hong3. A Clinical Control Study of Mengshi Ditan Decoction Combined with Western Medicine for Schizophrenia[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2007, (2): 129-131.
HU Hai-yan1, ZHU Wei-ming2, ZHENG Hong3. A Clinical Control Study of Mengshi Ditan Decoction Combined with Western Medicine for Schizophrenia[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2007, (2): 129-131.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2007.02.015.
Objective To study the therapeutic effect of Mengshi Ditan Decoction (Mica Phlegm-Flushing Decoction) for schizophrenia.Methods Totally 96 cases of schizophrenia were randomly divided into 2 groups.The control group was treated by western medicine
while Mengshi Ditan Decoction was added in the treatment group.Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS)
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale (TESS) were used to identify the therapeutic and adverse effect after 6 weeks’ treatment.Results The excellence rate in treatment group was 64.00%
while 43.48% in control group (P<0.01).The adverse effect in treatment group was less than that in control group (P<0.05 or P<0.01).Conclusion Mengshi Ditan Decoction has therapeutic effect for schizophrenia.The therapeutic effect of integrated Chinese and western medicine treatment is superior to western medicine with less adverse effect and shorter treatment course.