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Objective: To evaluate the effect of Zhuchun pill (ZCP) on senile Kidney-Yang Deficiency (KYD).Methods: By single blind method, 45 elderly males with KYD were divided randomly into the ZCP group (treated by ZCP) and the control group (treated by placebo, starch capsule) and treated for 3 months.Results: ZCP could greatly improve the main symptoms of KYD,P < 0. 01 in comparison with the control group. After treatment, in the ZCP group, the3H-TdR lymphocyte transformation rate, levels of serum C3, IgA, IgD, IgG and IgM, superoxide dismutase, plasma adrenocortical hormone, testosterone and cyclic adenosine monophosphate all increased,P < 0.01, and plasma lipid peroxide decreased,P < 0.01. While in the control group, no remarkable change was found in these parameters.Conclusion: ZCP could improve the KYD through regulating the immunity, endocrine function and scavenging the free radicals in organism.
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Guangyao, Y., Xuefen, H., Yufen, Y. et al. Effect of Zhuchun Pill
on immunity and endocrine function of senile Kidney-Yang Deficiency) on immunity and endocrine function of senile Kidney-Yang Deficiency.
CJIM 4, 263–266 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02935472
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