Clinical Study On Baizhu Tiaochangyin Treating Chronic Functional Constipation

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of Baizhu Tiaochangyin in the treatment of chronic functional constipation. Methods: From March 2003 to March 2005, seventy patients with chronic functional constipation were enrolled in this study and divided randomly into two groups. Forty cases were received Baizhu Tiaochangyin as the study group , and thirty cases were received Qingshukeli as the control group. Two groups have been received the medicine treatment for two weeks, and then the changes of clinic symptom and physical sign were analyzed. Results: 4 weeks later , we found the changes of two groups were better than before the treatment. The changes of clinic symptom and physical sign were significantly better after the treatment. The effective rate of the study group was 92.5% and the effective rate of the control group was 83.3%. But for the total efficiency, there were not difference between two groups (P>0.05) . For the changes of clinic symptom and physical sign, the study group was significantly better than the control group (P<0.05) .Conclusion: Baizhu Tiaochangyin was the significantly effective medicament for the chronic functional constipation, especially for the cases with spleen qi deficiency and stagnation slowly transferred in the large intestines.