Efficacy of Gastrosis No.1 Compound on Functional Dyspepsia of Spleen and Stomach Deficiency-Cold Syndrome:A Multi-Center,Double-Blind,Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

To assess the efficacy and safety of Gastrosis No.1 compound in the treatment of functional dyspepsia with Spleen （Pi） and Stomach （Wei） deficiency-cold syndrome. Methods： A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was performed in 5 centers. Patients with functional dyspepsia （FD） of Spleen-deficiency and qi-stagnation syndrome （162 cases） were randomly assigned to groups given Chinese herbal medicine （CHM） Gastrosis No.1 compound or placebo in a 2：1 ratio. This trial included a 4-week treatment period and a 4-week follow-up period. The outcomes were the dyspepsia symptom scores （measured by total dyspepsia symptom scale and single dyspepsia symptom scale） and syndromes of traditional Chinese medicine score （measured by traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scale）. The outcomes were noted at weeks 0, 4 and 8. Results： Compared with patients in the placebo group, patients in the CHM group showed significant improvement in the dyspepsia symptom scores as rated by patients and investigators （P〈0.01）, and also showed improvement in syndromes of traditional Chinese medicine score （P〈0.01）. No serious adverse event was reported. Safety tests obtained after 4 weeks of treatment showed no abnormal values. Conclusion： CHM Gastrosis No.1 compound was effective and safe in the treatment of functional dyspepsia with Spleen and Stomach deficiency-cold syndrome.

“FENG QI AI” HOT COMPRESS TREATMENT

Hot medicated cornpress treatment belongs to an external treatment and is a kindof moxibustion. ″Feng Qi Ai″ prescription was recorded in Yi Fang Lei Ju. Zhu Xu Men, Rui ZhuTang Fang. In the treatment, pain in the loin and the knees, cold-pain around the navel and in theabdornen,diarrhea due to deficiency and cold and other diseases are treated by combination of drugswith hot compress- We have irnproved the treatment and extended the range of its indication. It wasused for treatment 0f menorrhalgia due to cold uterine, gastralgia due to coId of rniddle-jiao, sciatica’periarthritis of shoulder, systremma,piriformis syndrome with good results.

Effects of Plasma Cortisol and Its Receplor on Patients with Deficiency－Cold and Deficiency－Heat Syndromes

lasma cortisol levels and leukocyte glucocorticosteroid receptor (GCR) contents were assayed in 10 patients with Deficiency-Cold Syndrome, 10 patients with Deficiency-Heat Syndrome, and 10healthy subjects as normal control. The results showed practically normal plasma cortisol levels in the De-ticiency-Cold Group, but the leukocyte GCR contents were markedly lowered. In the Deficiency-Heatgroup, plasma cortisol levels were remarkably elevated and the leukocyte GCR contents also tended to behigher than normal. The quantity of plasma cortisol concentrations multiplied by leukocyte GCR contentscan be taken as a sensitive index for the differentiation of Cold and Heat natures in Deficiency Syndromes.