Table 2.

Comparison of scores of Chinese medicine syndrome between the two groups before and after treatment (x̅ ± s, scores)

Group	Number of cases	Total scores
		Before treatment	After treatment
Treatment group	38	25.03±6.33	7.55±6.00*,#
Control group	38	25.79±5.42	9.65±7.96*

^*Compared with that before treatment in the same group, P < 0.05;

^#Compared with the control group, P < 0.05.