Effect of XUE Ji's Morning-Evening Supplementing Method Combined with Seretide on Exercise Endurance in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease of Lung and Kidney Deficiency Type
Objective To investigate the effect of XUE Ji's morning-evening supplementing method,a therapy by tonification according to the alteration of daily yang-qi in the human body and the nature proposed by practitioner XUE Ji in Ming Dynasty,combined with Seretide on exercise endurance in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)of lung and kidney deficiency type.Methods Ninety-two patients with stable COPD of lung and kidney deficiency type were randomly divided into treatment group and control group,with 46 cases in each group.The control group was given inhalation of Salmeterol/Fluticasone Inhalation Powder(Seretide),and the treatment group was treated with Buzhong Yiqi Pills in the morning and Liuwei Dihuang Pills at evening on the basis treatment for the control group.The course of treatment covered 3 months.The changes of the scale scores of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndrome and St Georges respiratory questionnaire(SGRQ)for quality of life,the distance of 6-minute walking test(6MWT)for exercise endurance,and pulmonary function indicators of forced expiratory volume in one second(FEV1),forced vital capacity(FVC)and their ratio(FEV1/FVC)in the two groups before and after treatment were observed.After treatment,the clinical efficacy and the incidence of adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.Results(1)During the trial,a total of 3 cases were lost,and a total of 89 patients were eventually included,including 45 cases in the treatment group and 44 cases in the control group.(2)After 3 months of treatment,the total effective rate of the treatment group was 82.22%(37/45),and that of the control group was 72.73%(32/44).The intergroup comparison by chi-square test showed that the efficacy of the treatment group was significantly superior to that of the control group(P<0.05).(3)After treatment,the scores of TCM syndromes in the two groups were significantly decreased compared with those before treatment(P<0.01),and the decrease in the treatment group was more significant than that in the control group(P<0.01).(4)After treatment,the lung function indicators of FEV1,FVC and FEV1/FVC in the two groups were significantly improved compared with those before treatment(P<0.05),and the improvement in the treatment group was significantly superior to that in the control group(P<0.05).(5)After treatment,the scores of SGRQ items of respiratory symptoms,disease impact and activity limitation in the two groups were significantly lower than those before treatment(P<0.01),and the decrease in the treatment group was significantly superior to that in the control group,the differences being statistically significant(P<0.01).(6)After treatment,the 6MWT distance of the two groups was significantly improved compared with that before treatment(P<0.01),and the improvement in the treatment group was significantly superior to that in the control group(P<0.01).(7)During the treatment,no abnormal changes in the indicators of blood routine test,liver and kidney function,electrocardiogram,and urine and stool routine were found in the two groups.Conclusion XUE Ji's morning-evening supplementing method combined with Seretide exert certain effect in treating stable COPD patients with lung and kidney deficiency syndrome.The therapy can effectively alleviate the clinical symptoms ofnd improve the lung function,exercise endurance and quality of life of the patients,with high safety.
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)lung and kidney deficiencyXUE Jimorning-evening supplementing methodBuzhong Yiqi PillsLiuwei Dihuang PillsSeretidequality of lifelung functionexercise endurance