Objective: To observe the effects of treatment based on the combination of disease and syndrome in treating acute cerebral infarction (ACI) in stroke unitMethods: ACI patients were randomly assigned to the control group(31 cases) treated by routine Western therapy alone and the treatment group(32 cases) with routine therapy plus Chinese medicinal compound for combination of dsease and syndrome. The treatment course was 2 weeks. The scores of TCM symptom, the NIH stroke scale(NIHSS), and Barthel index (BI) were used for evaluating the effect of treatment.Results: The scores of TCM symptom and NIHSS decreased, and that of BI increased after treatment in both groups, and the treatment in the treatment group showed a effect significantly better than that in the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion: Combination of disease and syndrome is effective method in treating ACI , traditional Chinese compounds for combination of disease and syndrome could play a positive role in the stroke unit.
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