A Clinical Study on Treating Functional Dyspepsia with Liver-depression and Spleen-de-ficiency with Shugan Hewei Decoction
Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy and its possible mechanism of the Shugan Hewei Decoction created by national famous TCM master Ling Xiangli on functional dyspepsia(FD)patients with liver-depression and spleen-deficiency syndrome from the angle of brain-gut axis.Methods:60 FD patients with liver-depression and spleen-deficiency syndrome were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group.The former was given Shugan Hewei Decoction,while the latter was given Domperidone tablets.One course of treatment(14 days)was carried out for all patients.The clinical efficacy and the contents of serum AChE,MTL,SP,GAS and CCK were compared between the two groups before and after the treatment.Re-sults:After intervention,both of the two methods can enhance the level of serum MTL,GAS,AChE and SP(P<0.01).There was no statistical differences in MTL and GAS between the two groups(P<0.05),but there were significant differences in AChE and SP between the two groups(P<0.01).After treatment,CCK levels in both groups were lower than before,and the treatment group was better.The difference was statistically signifi-cant(P<0.01).The two groups could improve the total score of symptoms(P<0.05),but there was no statis-tical difference between the two groups(P>0.05),and the total clinical effective rate was statistically signifi-cant between the two groups(P<0.05).The recurrence rate was lower in the treatment group than in the control group after 3 months after the treatment(P<0.05).Conclusion:Shugan Hewei Decoction has good effect and safety in the treatment of FD with liver-depression and spleen-deficiency syndrome,and its mechanism maybe related to the increase of serum MTL,GAS,AChE and SP,and the decrease of serum CCK level.
Functional dyspepsiaLiver-depression and spleen-deficiencyShugan Hewei Decoction