Effect of Qijudihuang pill assisting sodium hyaluronate on visual function and tear film stability in patients with dry eye

Abstract

AIM:To study the effect of Qijudihuang pills assisting sodium hyaluronate on visual function and tear film stability in patients with dry eye. METHODS:Seventy-eight patients(156 eyes)with dry eye from October 2013 to July 2015 were chosen for this study and randomly divided into observation group and control group, 39 patients(78 eyes)in each group. The patients in observation group received Qijudihuang pills combined with sodium hyaluronate. The patients in control group received sodium hyaluronate only. The visual function, tear film stability, Chinese and Western medicine clinical integration and clinical curative effect were compared between the two groups. RESULTS:Clinical curative effect:effective rate of observation group was 92% and was significantly higher than that of the control group as 74%(χ2=4.532, PPPPCONCLUSION:Qijudihuang pills combined with sodium hyaluronate can improve visual function, tear film stability and Chinese and Western medical clinic symptoms, then improve the efficacy.

Keywords

• dry eye
• Qijudihuang pill
• sodium hyaluronate
• visual function
• tear film stability