[Observation on effect of Wuling Capsule in treating poststroke depression].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Wuling Capsule (WLC) in treating patients with poststroke depression.

Methods: One hundred and eight patients with poststroke depression were randomly assigned to three groups, 36 in each. All were treated with routine medicine, but to the WLC group and the FLX group, additional WLC and fluoxetine was given respectively, while to the combined group, both of the two were given.