| Disease | RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS TREATED WITH NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS + COMPOUND LEIGONGTENG WINE OR RHEUMATISM WINE + A 12.5 GM% WINE OR TINCTURE OF LEIGONGTENG. METOCLOPRAMIDE + GLUCURONOLACTONE GIVEN TO PREVENT SIDE EFFECTS OF LEIGONGTENG.
54 PATIENTS ALREADY ON STEROIDS HAD THEM WITHDRAWN GRADUALLY. NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENTS WERE ALSO WITHDRAWN GRADUALLY WHEN THE CLINICAL PICTURE WAS STABILIZED.
COMPOUND LEIGONGTENG WINE WAS COMPOSED OF TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII(ST), ACONITUM KUSNEZOFFII(SHENGCAOWU)(RT), ACONITUM CARMICHAELI(SHENGCHUANWU)(RT), ANGELICA SINENSIS(DANGGUI)(RT), CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS(HONGHUA)(FL), CINNAMOMUM CASSIA(GUIZHI)(TW).
ALSO: CYATHULA OFFICINALIS(CHUANNIUXI)(RT), CHAENOMELES SPECIOSA(MUGUA)(FR), EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES(DUZHONG)(BK), NOTOPTERYGIUM INCISUM(QIANGHUO)(RT), ILLICIUM DIPENGPI(DIFENGPI)(BK), PLANTAGO ASIATICA(CHEQIANZI)(SD) & COIX LACHRYMA-JOBI(YIREN)(SD).
RHEUMATISM WINE WAS A MIXTURE OF 30 HERBS. IN THE 100 CASES TREATED, 32 HAD SHORT-TERM CONTROL(SYMPTOMS DISAPPEARED, LABORATORY TESTS NORMAL),
38 MARKEDLY IMPROVED(JOINT PAIN + SWELLING MARKEDLY DECREASED, MORNING STIFFNESS ALLEVIATED, FEVER CONTROLLED, LABORATORY RESULTS CLOSE TO NORMAL) AND 29 SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED(SYMPTOMS IMPROVED, LABORATORY RESULTS NOT CHANGED OR IMPROVED).
THE TOTAL EFFECTIVE RATE WAS 99%. GASTROINTESTINAL REACTIONS, DRY MOUTH, RASHES, DIZZINESS, SWEATING, MENSTRUAL DISORDERS AND AMENORRHEA OCCURRED IN 52,24,11,10,19 AND 6 PATIENTS, RESPECTIVELY. ONE TYPICAL CASE WAS PRESENTED. |