Maxing Shigan Decoction Combined with Xiaochaihu Decoction in the Treatment of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Phlegm-heat Obstructing the Lung Syndrome

Key Points

• The aim is to explore the clinical efficacy of Maxing Shigan Decoction combined with Xiaochaihu Decoction in treating AECOPD with phlegm-heat obstructing syndrome.
• Randomly assigned 80 patients with AECOPD to two groups: control and treatment.
• Control group received standard treatment; treatment group received standard treatment plus decoctions orally twice daily.
• Evaluated after 7 days of treatment.
• The treatment group showed a higher effective rate compared to the control group (P<0.05).
• Improvement in CAT scores and traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores was more significant in the treatment group (P<0.05).
• C-reactive protein (CRP) levels improved in both groups, with greater improvement in the treatment group (P<0.05).