HU Dong-ju LI Yuan-yuan LIU Jing-xuan. Influence of Herbal Medicines with the Function of Replenishing Qi and Essence on the Immune Function of Patients after Mamma-ry Cancer Operation[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2008, (1): 35-37.
HU Dong-ju LI Yuan-yuan LIU Jing-xuan. Influence of Herbal Medicines with the Function of Replenishing Qi and Essence on the Immune Function of Patients after Mamma-ry Cancer Operation[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2008, (1): 35-37.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2008.01.017.
Objective To observe the effect of herbal medicines with the function of replenish qi and essence for the immune func- tion of patients after mammary cancer operation.Methods The 115 patients of mammary cancer after modified radical operation were randomized into treatment group and control group.The treatment group began to take the decoction of herbal medicines from 7 days before and from the 3rd day after operation.The control group had the same treatment but without taking herbal medicines.The im- mune indices of both groups were tested on the day 7 days before
one day and 14 days after operation respectively.Results In the treatment group
IgA
IgG
IgM were remarkably increased in comparison with the control group 14 days after operation;with the herbal treatment for 2 weeks
CD
4
CD
4
/CD
8
IL-2 rised remarkably(P
<
0. 05);after operation TNF-αrised remarkably
and 2 weeks later
it restored to the level of before operation
while those of control group maintain high level.Conclusion The herbal medicines are helpful in restoring the humoral and cellular immunity of mammary cancer patients after operation.