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Effect of ginseng injection on congestive heart failure and thyroid hormones |
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KeyWord:congestive heart failure, Ginseng injection, thyroid hormone |
Author Name | Affiliation | Xiaohua Dai | The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 230031, Hefei | Yixuan Zhou | The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 230031, Hefei | Xingqun Yu | The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 230031, Hefei | Mingxiang Han | The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 230031, Hefei |
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Objective: To observe the effect of Ginseng injection on congestive heart failure (CHF) and its influence on thyroid hormones. Methods: Fiftyfour patients of CHF were divided into two groups. On the basis of conventional treatment of western medicine, the Ginseng injection was given to the treated group additionally. Blood level of triiodothyronine (T 3), thyroxine (T 4), reverse triiodothyronine (rT 3) and thyroid stimulating hormone of all patients were determined before and after treatment by radioimmunoassay. Results: There were significant difference between the treated group and the control group in cure rate and mean course of therapy. The levels of T 3 and T 4 of all patients were lower than those of the normal control before treatment, and rT 3 were higher. Two weeks after treatment, T 3 and T 4 level in all patients increased significantly and rT 3 level significantly decreased (P<0.05, P<0.01). [WT5HZ]Conclusion: [WT5BZ]Ginseng injection has a good effect on patients with CHF. It also has regulatory effect on thyroid hormones. |
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