Article
XING Xinyue, CHEN Jingyi, SONG Xiaoying, XIE Jiajie, LOU Danfei
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of Bushen Huoxue decoction in treating carotid
atherosclerosis(CAS) with kidney deficiency and blood stasis, and its influence on blood lipid, inflammation, complement
activation and carotid ultrasound. Methods A total of 90 CAS patients with kidney deficiency and blood stasis who visited
our hospital were included and randomly divided into control group and experimental group, 45 cases in each group.
The control group was treated with conventional Western medicine, and the experimental group was treated with Bushen
Huoxue decoction on the basis of the control group. The course of treatment was 12 weeks. The therapeutic efficacy, the
traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) syndrome scores, lipid levels, carotid intima-media thickness, pulse wave conduction
velocity, maximum plaque area, safety indicators (blood routine, electrocardiogram, liver and kidney function) of the
two groups were recorded and compared before and after treatment. The serum levels of ficolin(FCN)3, MBL-associated serine protease(MASP)-1, tumor necrosis factor(TNF)-α, interleukin(IL)-6, complement C3 and C4 were detected by
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results The total effective rate of the experimental group was higher than that of
the control group(82.05% vs. 52.78%,P<0.05). After treatment, compared with the control group, the levels of total
cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, FCN3, MASP-1, complement C4, TNF-α in the experimental group were
decreased(P<0.05), TCM syndrome scores and high density lipoprotein cholesterol level were increased(P<0.05), and
pulse wave conduction velocity was decreased(P<0.05). During treatment, no significant adverse reactions or adverse
events occurred in both groups. Conclusion Bushen Huoxue decoction can effectively improve the clinical symptoms of
patients with CAS, improve the levels of blood lipids, inflammation and carotid ultrasound indexes, and the mechanism
may be related to complement activation.