[Clinical study on modified sijunzi decoction in treating intestinal metaplasia of gastric mucosa].

OBJECTIVE

To investigate the effects of Modified Sijunzi decoction (MSJZD) in treating gastric pre-cancerous lesion.

METHODS

Two hundreds and two patients with chronic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia (IM) of gastric mucosa diagnosed by gastroscopy and pathological examination of biopsy were divided into 2 groups, 117 cases of the treatment group were treated with MSJZD and 85 cases of the control group were treated with Weimeisu. For both groups, re-examination was taken after a 3-month treatment.

RESULTS

The cure rate and total effective rate of IM in the treatment group were 55.6% and 87.2% respectively, while in the control group were 11.8% and 55.3% respectively (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONS

The intestinal metaplasia process of gastric mucosa is reversible and MSJZD has good effect on it. This study provided a new way of pre-cancerous lesion treatment and gastric cancer prevention.