Traditional Chinese medical decoction for treatment of tuberculous pleural effusion

Abstract

The invention discloses traditional Chinese medical decoction for treatment of tuberculous pleural effusion. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, pleural effusion is considered as qi stagnation and blood stasis caused by clogging of main and collateral channels, phlegm and wetness. Traditional Chinese herbs with the effects of promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, clearing and activating the channels and collaterals and eliminating phlegm to stimulate the appetite are selected in the traditional Chinese medical decoction, including poria cocos, coninshaped blueberry branchlet and leaves, rhizoma alismatis, cortex periplocae, fructus aurantii immaturus, semen brassicae, fritillaria cirrhosa, orange peels, areca catechu, herba lycopi, tripterygium wilfordii, licorice, ginseng, gecko, lily, rhizoma polygonati and semen euryales. The materials are brewed into the decoction. Results of clinical trials show that the total efficiency is 96.8 percent which issignificantly higher than the total efficiency of a control group. Moreover, the cost of treatment is low, no side effects can be caused, and the decoction is worth promoting.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composition, in particular to a traditional Chinese medicine decoction for treating tuberculous pleural effusion. Background technique [0002] Pleural effusion is a common clinical symptom, manifested as chest tightness, chest pain, cough, shortness of breath, dyspnea, often combined with fever, weight loss, fatigue, night sweats, loss of appetite, facial flushing, etc., and tuberculous pleural effusion is one of them. The most common disease. At present, the treatment is mainly based on chemotherapy plus hormones and pleural effusion. Most of them have good curative effect. However, some patients are found late and treated unreasonably, resulting in repeated pleural effusion, extensive adhesions and hypertrophy of the pleura. Conventional treatment often The effect is not very ideal. Contents of the invention [0003] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a Chinese medicine decoc...

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[0002] Pleural effusion is a common clinical symptom, manifested as chest tightness, chest pain, cough, shortness of breath, dyspnea, often combined with fever, weight loss, fatigue, night sweats, loss of appetite, facial flushing, etc., and tuberculous pleural effusion is one of them. The most common disease. At present, the treatment is mainly based on chemotherapy plus hormones and pleural effusion. Most of them have good curative effect. However, some patients are found late and treated unreasonably, resulting in repeated pleural effusion, extensive adhesions and hypertrophy of the pleura. Conventional treatment often The effect is not very ideal