CHEN Shaohua,CHEN Zhiyuan,LIU Shunchao,et al.Clinical observation on Danggui Niantong Decoction in treating acute gouty arthritis with damp⁃heat accumulation pattern[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(6):70-74.
CHEN Shaohua,CHEN Zhiyuan,LIU Shunchao,et al.Clinical observation on Danggui Niantong Decoction in treating acute gouty arthritis with damp⁃heat accumulation pattern[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(6):70-74. DOI: 10.16305/j.1007-1334.2025.z20240926002.
Clinical observation on Danggui Niantong Decoction in treating acute gouty arthritis with damp⁃heat accumulation pattern
To explore the intervention effect of Danggui Niantong Decoction on patients with acute gouty arthritis of damp-heat accumulation pattern.
Methods
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A prospective, randomized, single-blind, non-inferiority, parallel-controlled trial was conducted. Eighty patients with acute gouty arthritis of damp-heat accumulation pattern were randomly divided into a control group (40 cases, treated with oral celecoxib capsules) and an observation group (40 cases, treated with oral Danggui Niantong Decoction). Both groups received continuous treatment for 1 week. Changes in visual analog scale (VAS), serum uric acid (SUA), C-reactive protein (CRP), and the size of ipsilateral draining inguinal lymph nodes were observed.
Results
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① Within-group comparison at 1 week after treatment: VAS scores significantly decreased in both groups (
P
<
0.05). Between-group comparison at 24 hours after treatment: Efficacy of pain relief in the control group was superior to that in the observation group (
P
<
0.05). Between-group comparison at 48 hours, 72 hours and one week after treatment: Efficacy of pain relief between the two groups has no statistically significant difference (
P
>
0.05). ② Within-group comparison at 1 week after treatment: CRP significantly decreased in the control group (
P
<
0.05), while SUA and CRP significantly decreased in the observation group (
P
<
0.05). Between-group comparison at 1 week after treatment: SUA in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (
P
<
0.05). ③Within-group comparison at 1 week after treatment: the maximum cross-sectional area of ipsilateral inguinal lymph nodes significantly reduced in the observation group (
P
<
0.05). Between-group comparison at 1 week after treatment: the maximum cross-sectional area of inguinal lymph nodes in the observation group was significantly smaller than that in the control group (
P
<
0.05).
Conclusions
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Danggui Niantong Decoction effectively alleviates inflammatory pain, reduces uric acid levels, and mitigates lymph node enlargement in patients with acute gouty arthritis of damp-heat accumulation pattern. It is a classical formula with anti-inflammatory, uric acid-lowering, and immunomodulatory synergistic effects.
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