| Disease | SENILE PATIENTS WITH ACUTE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WERE TREATED WITH <COMPOUND LEIGONGTENG NO.1> COMPOSED OF THE STEM OF TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII <LEIGONGTENG>, BARK OF PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE <HUANGBO>, AND RHIZOME OF ATRACTYLODES LANCEA <CANGZHU>.
THE HERBS WERE GIVEN AS A TABLET AT 3-4 TABLETS PO AFTER MEASL THREE TIMES DAILY. CHRONIC CASES WERE TREATED WITH <COMPOUND LEIGONGTENG NO.2> COMPOSED OF <LEIGONGTENG>, WHOLE PLANT OF ASARUM SIEBOLDII <XIXIN>, TWIG OF CINNAMOMUM CASSIA <GUIZHI>.
ROOT OF ACHYRANTHES BIDENTATA <NIUXI>, ROOT OF GENTIANA MECROPHYLLA <QINJIAO>. RHIZOME OF POLYGONATUM SIBIRICUS <HUANGJING>, TUBER OF DIOSCOREA OPPOSITA <SHANYAO>, AND DEGELATINIZED DEER HORN >LUJIAOSHUANG>. THE HERBS WERE GIVEN AS PILLS AT
AT 6 G PO AFTER MEALS TWICE DAILY. 44 PATIENTS WERE TREATED WITH BOTH RECIPES. THE PATIENTS WERE TREATED FOR 15 DAYS TO 10 MONTHS. IN 104 CASES TREATED, 15(14.4%) WERE REMITTED, 43(41.4%) MARKEDLY IMPROVED, 38(36.5%) SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED,
AND 8(7.7%) NOT IMPROVED. THE RECIPES WERE FOUND TO HAVE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANALGESIC AND IMMUNOMODULATORY ACTIONS. THE INCIDENCE OF DRY MOUTH, BITTER MOUTH, CONSTIPATION, ABDOMINAL PAIN, DIARRHEA, NAUSEA, EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT AND POOR
APPETITE WAS LESS THAN THAT OF <LEIGONGTENG> USED ALONE. |