The invention provides a
traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating or improving
sicca syndrome, and belongs to the technical field of
traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy. According to the
traditional Chinese medicine composition, radix asparagi, lilies and mulberries are used as monarch drugs,
honeysuckle stems, pipewort,
juncus roemerianus and
codonopsis pilosula are used as ministerial drugs, turmeric and rhizoma atractylodis are used as
adjuvant drugs, liquorice is used as conductant drugs, and all the drugs are combined to achieve the effects of nourishing yin, moistening
dryness, clearing heat, dredging collaterals, replenishing qi, invigorating the
spleen, activating blood and improving eyesight. The traditional Chinese
medicine composition can significantly reduce the
water intake of NOD mice, increase the
saliva volume of the NOD mice, significantly reduce the levels of
inflammatory factors TNF-alpha, IL-17 and IL-1beta in serum of the NOD mice, improve the
gland structure and
lymphocyte infiltration condition in submaxillary gland tissue of the NOD mice, and relieve submaxillary gland injury. Besides, the traditional Chinese
medicine composition can remarkably reduce ESSDAI and ESSPRI scores of
sicca syndrome patients and improve the clinical symptoms such as mouth
dryness,
eye dryness and salivary gland swelling of the patients, has high
clinical treatment total effective rate and can be used as a
medicine for treating the
sicca syndrome to be further developed and researched.