Zhang LX, Bai YP, Song PH, et al. Effect of Chinese herbal medicine combined with acitretin capsule in treating psoriasis of blood-heat syndrome type. Chin J Integr Med 2009 Apr;15(2):141-144.
PMID: 19407953
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Chin J Integr Med. 2009 Apr;15(2):141-4. Epub 2009 Apr 29.
Effect of Chinese herbal medicine combined with acitretin capsule in treating psoriasis of blood-heat syndrome type.
Zhang LX, Bai YP, Song PH, You LP, Yang DQ.
Department of Dermatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, China,
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OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical curative effect of Chinese herbal medicine combined with acitretin capsule in treating psoriasis of blood-heat syndrome (P-BH). METHODS: Eighty patients of P-BH were randomly assigned to two groups, 39 in Group A and 41 in Group B. Both was treated with Chinese herbal medicines for clearing heat, cooling blood and removing toxic substance, and acitretin capsule was given to Group A additionally, with 8 weeks as one therapeutic course. The clinical curative effect was compared between groups, and the change of psoriasis activity severe index (PASI) scores before and after treatment was observed. RESULTS: The total effective rate in Group A was 84.2% and that in Group B 68.2%, also showing significance between groups (P
PMID: 19407953