[Consciousness-restoring effect of angong-niuhuang pills in craniopathy]

104 patients of craniopathy with unconsciousness were treated with Angong-Niuhuang Pills (ANP) for a prospective random study. In 104 patients of Group A, ANP seemed to be an efficient drug to 79 patients (76%). 13 of them were on the mend with degree I consciousness. 4, 23, 24, 10 and 5 of the patients with degree II, III, IV, V and VI consciousness respectively. 25 patients failed to respond to medical treatment (24%). In 104 patients of Group B without ANP treatment, only 43 patients responded to other medical treatment (41%). 8, 4, 18, 9, and 4 patients took a turn for the better and got degree I, II, III, IV and V consciousness respectively. Inefficiency was observed among 61 patients (59%). Thus, there was a significant difference between the two groups statistically (P less than 0.005).