ZHAI Xinghong, ZHAO Jinyong. Clinical Observation on the Effect of Modified Danshen Yin on 24 Cases of Primary Achalasia[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2009, 50(5): 416-418.
ZHAI Xinghong, ZHAO Jinyong. Clinical Observation on the Effect of Modified Danshen Yin on 24 Cases of Primary Achalasia[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2009, 50(5): 416-418.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2009.05.010.
Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of modified Danshen Yin on primary achalasia. Methods The 42 achalasia patients were randomized into two groups. The treatment group
24 cases
was treated by modified Danshen Yin and the control group
18 cases
by Nifedipine
for one week. The symptom scores of dysphagia
retrosternal pain and food regurgitation and the improvement of X-ray image were taken to evaluate the therapeutic effect. Results After treatment
both groups had improvement in the symptom scores
but the improvement of treatment group in dysphagia and food regurgitation was more significant. There was a significant difference of both groups in retrosternal pain before and after treatment (P<0.01)
showing a significant relieve of retrosternal pain in both groups. The total effective rate in treatment group was 87.5%
significantly better than that in control group
72.2% (P<0.01). Conclusion Modified Danshen Yin is effective in treating primary achalasia