Observation of Chinese medicine efficacy on early symptoms improvement of hyperthyroidism patients with ¹³¹I treatment

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of Chinese medicine Formula (Qing gan xiao ying) on early symptoms of hyperthyroidism patients after ¹³¹I treatment. Methods: 487 hyperthyroidism patients with ¹³¹I treatment were randomly divide treatment group (with Chinese medicine, n = 251) and control group (no Chinese medicine, n = 236). After ¹³¹I treatment, the patients in treatment group received symptomatic treatment plus Chinese medicine Qing gan xiao ying, while the patients in control group only received symptomatic treatment. After 14, 21 and 28 days of ¹³¹I treatment, the patients were observed on tremor, insomnia, sweating, heart rate and the frequency of defecation. Results: The relieves of tremor, sweating and insomnia symptoms in patients with Chinese medicine treatment group were significantly higher than that of control group (P < 0.05). The average heart rate and stool frequency in treatment group were lower than that of control group (P < 0.05). Conclusion: In early stage of ¹³¹I treatment in patients with hyperthyroidism, there have apparent effect for rapidly ameliorating and relieving the symptom of hyperthyroidism patients by combined Chinese and Western medicine treatment. (authors)