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W Lü

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PubMed1996

Clinical investigation of traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacy in treating respiratory tract infections in AIDS.

Based on the difference in severity of the disease and complications, 80 cases of acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) accompanied with cough were divided into 2 groups: One treated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM group), including 58 cases and the other treated by Integrated Chinese and Western medicine (integrated group), 22 cases. The therapeutic results show that in the TCM group there were 18 cases (31.03%) with clinical cure of the respiratory tract infection, 7 cases with therapeutic effect (12.07%) and 33 cases without any effect (56.90%), for a total rate of 43.10% therapeutic effectiveness; while in the integrated group there were 6 cases with clinical cure (27.27%), 2 cases with therapeutic effect (9.09%) and 14 cases without any effect (63.64%), the total rate of therapeutic effectiveness being 36.36%, slightly lower than in the TCM group and possibly related to greater severity of the disease or complications.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1995

Prospect for study on treatment of AIDS with traditional Chinese medicine.

In this paper, studies on single Chinese medicinal herbs, composite prescriptions, and their active principles, which have been used against HIV both in China and abroad, are highlighted; and the results from clinical treatment of 158 HIV infected patients performed by a China-Tanzania Coordinating Group are also reported. Six of the patients displayed seronegative conversion and remained so in the follow-up for 10 to 15 months. The author assumes that the prescriptions and drugs strengthening the patients' resistance could enhance the efficacy of AIDS treatment.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1995

Neurohypophysial AVP concentration in stroke patients.

Neurohypophysial arginine vasopressin (AVP) concentrations were determined by RIA in 9 patients with cerebral infarction, 11 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, 5 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage and 5 control subjects. The results showed that neurohypophysial AVP concentration in patients with cerebral infarction increased by 225.8% as compared with the control subjects (P < 0.05), and the AVP concentrations in patients with intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage did not change significantly. Brain herniation as a result of intracranial hypertension, gastrointestinal bleeding and hyperglycemia (two clinical manifestations of stress) was seen more frequently in hemorrhagic stroke patients than in ischemic stroke patients. These findings suggest that the ischemic brain damage may contribute to the elevation of neurohypophysial AVP concentration in patients with cerebral infarction.

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