Publications by authors named "Zheng-Rong Xuan"

Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to evaluate how Sijunzi Decoction and enteral nutrition impact T-cell subsets and nutrition in gastric cancer patients post-surgery.
  • Fifty-nine patients were divided into three groups: two receiving enteral diets (one with Sijunzi Decoction) and a control group on parenteral diet.
  • Results showed that those in the Sijunzi Decoction group had better improvements in T-cell subsets and nutritional markers compared to the control group, indicating this combination could enhance recovery.
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Patients with digestive malignant tumor always have their immune function, especially the cellular immunity, suppressed to a certain extent. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) holds that Pi-Wei is the essence of postnatal life, and the genesis and development of digestive tumor are chiefly due to the insufficiency of vital-qi, which makes the body open to the invasion of evil pathogens. Starting from regulating the immune function of organisms, researchers recently obtained some therapeutic effects by applying the Chinese recipe, Sijunzi Decoction, in the treatment of digestive malignant tumors.

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Objective: To observe the effect of perioperative administration of rhubarb on the acute inflammatory response in patients with gastric cancer.

Methods: In this prospective, single-blinded, controlled clinical trial, thirty-one patients with gastric cancer operatively treated were randomly divided into two groups, with 14 patients in control group and 17 in study group. Patients in both groups were given an isocaloric and isonitrogenous enteral diet.

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