Elucidation of the pathology of peripheral chilliness in women and the efficacy of Tokishigyakukagoshuyushokyoto
- Conditions
- peripheral chilliness
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000004874
- Lead Sponsor
- Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
At the baseline, there were no differences in clinical characteristics between the two groups. In the intervention group, peripheral coldness improved after the intervention term; however, it persisted in the control group. Mean values of percentage recovery of the peripheral blood flow after cold bathing tests were 17.2% and -28.2% for the intervention and control groups, respectively (p = 0.007), and the proportions for percentage recovery of >50% were 32% and 0%, respectively (p = 0.0007). Mean values of percent recovery of skin temperature did not differ between the two groups
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 64
Not provided
1)pregnant or nursing 2)diabetes mellitus complicated by peripheral neuropathy 3)arteriosclerosis obliterans 4)Buerger's disease 5)connective tissue disease 6)hypothyroidism 7)hyperthyroidism 8)Patients medicated with following drugs every day:other Chinese herbal medicine, alpha blocker, beta blocker, alpha and blocker, calcium antagonist and prostaglandinE1
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Recovering ratio of blood flow and skin temperature in cold bathing test and objective improvement of feeling chillness after the start of protocol treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method