Table 2.

Changes in individual dyspeptic symptoms of gastrointestinal symptom (GIS) scale.

Symptoms	Baseline		6 weeks		14 weeks
	BST (n = 50)	Placebo (n = 50)	BST (n = 44)	Placebo (n = 41)	BST (n = 44)	Placebo (n = 40)
Nausea	1.04 ± 1.10	1.32 ± 1.02	0.70 ± 0.93	0.59 ± 0.84	0.59 ± 0.84	0.60 ± 0.71
Sickness	0.60 ± 0.90	0.62 ± 0.88	0.50 ± 0.82	0.49 ± 0.81	0.48 ± 0.73	0.30 ± 0.65
Vomiting	0.56 ± 0.86	2.38 ± 1.27	0.36 ± 0.72	0.22 ± 0.52	0.25 ± 0.53	0.15 ± 0.43
Bloating	2.42 ± 0.93	2.38 ± 1.03	1.43 ± 0.97	1.15 ± 0.96	1.57 ± 1.11	1.20 ± 0.88
Abdominal cramps	1.02 ± 0.94	1.32 ± 1.30	0.66 ± 0.94	0.54 ± 0.87	0.48 ± 0.59	0.45 ± 0.78
Early satiety	2.30 ± 1.28	2.26 ± 0.92	1.09 ± 0.86*	1.59 ± 0.84	1.16 ± 1.14	1.28 ± 0.96
Heart burn	1.50 ± 1.16	1.50 ± 1.28	0.89 ± 0.89	0.71 ± 0.87	0.77 ± 0.94	0.78 ± 0.97
Loss of appetite	1.40 ± 1.21	1.34 ± 1.21	0.91 ± 1.01	0.71 ± 0.90	0.77 ± 0.94	0.83 ± 0.96
Retrosternal discomfort	1.00 ± 1.14	0.84 ± 1.17	0.66 ± 1.03	0.39 ± 0.67	0.59 ± 0.84	0.38 ± 0.63
Epigastric or upper abdominal pain	1.60 ± 1.01	1.68 ± 1.33	0.98 ± 1.07	0.71 ± 0.87	0.66 ± 0.96	0.53 ± 0.75

BST: Banha-sasim-tang.

*Statistically significant.