Experiment 490533
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Tripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | DING,N: FAN,L: YANG,XH:. (1989). TREATMENT OF 10 CASES OF UVEITIS WITH LEIGONGTENG RECIPE.. 1989(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 10 CASES OF UVEITIS (5 CASES OF IRIDOCYCLITIS, 2 CASES OF BEHCET'S DISEASE AND 1 CASE EACH OF PAN-UVEITIS, CHOROIDITIS AND HARADA'S DISEASE) WERE TREATED WITH <LEIGONGTENG RECIPE> COMPOSED OF THE STEM OF TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII <LEIGONGTENG>, FRUIT OF LEONURUS HETEROPHYLLUS CHONGWEIZI>, SEED OF CUSCUTA CHINENSIS <TUSIZI>, AND AERIAL PART OF ECLIPTA PROSTRATA <MOHANLIAN>. IT WAS ADMINISTERED AS A DECOCTION TWICE DAILY. IT SHOULD BE GIVEN ONLY IN PATIENTS WITH NORMAL LIVER FUNCTIONS. EYE DROPS OF HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE AND ATROPINE WERE PRESCRIBED FOR SHORT-TERM TREATMENT OF SEVERE IRIDOCYCLITIS. PATIENTS ALREADY ON ORAL STEROIDS HAD THEM WITHDRAWN GRADUALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENT TREATMENT. THE DECOCTION TREATMENT WAS CONTINUED FOR 0.5-1 MONTH LONGER AFTER HEALING TO STABLIZE THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT. THE 10 PATIENT (15 EYES AFFECTED) WERE CLINICALLY CURED IN 21-126 DAYS, AVERAGE 68 DAYS. 8 PATIENTS HAD INFLAMMATION BASICALLY CONTROLLED IN 2-3 WEEKS. NO RELAPSE WAS OBSERVED 3-4 MONTHS AFTER DISCONTINUATION OF MEDICATION. 1 PATIENT HAD PLATELET COUNT DROPPED TO 87,000 PER MM. EXCEPT ONE CASE OF ACUTE IRIDOCYCLITIS, ALL CASES HAD BEEN REFRACTORY TO SYSTEMIC STEROID TREATMENT FOR MANY YEARS. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | DECOCTION |