[Treatment of chronic gastritis with traditional Chinese medicine--yingwei tablet]

A prospective controlled study on the treatment of 60 cases chronic gastritis with TCM Yingwei tablet as well as Sucrafati and Doperidone tablets from Oct. 1990 to Sep. 1991 were done. 30 patients in each group. The cases in treated group took Yingwei tablet while that in control group took Sucrafati and Doperidone tablets. Before and after treatment, the patients were examined by gastroscope, pathology and Helicobacter pylori. The results showed that total effective rate, the gastroscopically effective rate, the pathological cure rate, the cure rate of gastric mucosa atrophy and the effective rate of bacteriocidal effect against Helicobacter pylori in treated group and control group was 96.7% and 73.3%; 80% and 70%; 36.7% and 20%; 38% and 9%; 60% and 23.0%, respectively, all of the above-mentioned differences between the two groups was significant (P < 0.05-0.01). Therefore Yingwei tablet is an effective drug for various kind of chronic gastritis.