Table 2.

Effects of puerarin on Visual Analogue Scale

Group	Day	10 min pre-dressing	1 min mid	8 min mid	10 min post	30 min post	60 min post
A group (n = 18)	1	1.75 ± 0.48#	4.50 ± 1.04	5.00 ± 1.08#	3.50 ± 1.19#	2.75 ± 1.11#	2.50 ± 1.19#
	2	1.50 ± 0.28#	5.00 ± 1.08	5.50 ± 1.56#	3.50 ± 0.96#	1.75 ± 0.47#	1.75 ± 0.48#
	3	1.75 ± 0.25#	4.00 ± 0.81	4.50 ± 1.26#	3.00 ± 1.0#	2.00 ± 0.70#	1.50 ± 0.29#
B group (n = 22)	1	1.83 ± 0.31	5.83 ± 0.91	4.67 ± 0.80*	2.50 ± 0.43*	1.67 ± 0.21*	1.17 ± 0.17*
	2	1.67 ± 0.21	5.17 ± 1.05	5.00 ± 0.68*	3.17 ± 0.60*	2.00 ± 0.45*	1.33 ± 0.21*
	3	1.50 ± 0.22	4.50 ± 0.76	3.17 ± 0.60*	1.67 ± 0.21*	1.33 ± 0.21*	1.17 ± 0.17*

A group: normal saline (NS)-treated group; B group: puerarin (PUE)-treated group. The VAS scores of A group at mid- and post-dressing changes were higher than those at pre-dressing changes ^#(p < 0.05) from the first day to third day. The lower values in B group were presented in comparison with those in A group at 8 min mid-dressing and every time point at post-dressing from the first day to third day after the burn shock *(p < 0.05)