Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to observe the therapeutic effect of integrative Chinese and Western medicine (ICWM) and single Western medicine approaches in treating patients with myasthenia gravis and summarize remedial before and after changes in acetylcholine receptor content and attenuation of repetitive nerve stimulation of electromyography of the two groups. Methods: The Western medicine group included 18 patients treated with prednisone, and the ICWM group included 50 patients treated with Chinese traditional medicine, Zhongjiling, which has the therapeutic principle of ‘warming and coordinating Qi yang and supporting Zhenyuan.’ The period of treatment was 3 months. Results: In the ICWM group, the cure rate was 10%, elementary rate was 18%, appearing effect rate was 42% and the total effective rate was 92%. In the Western medicine group, the rates were 6.3, 10.4, 20.8 and 77.1%, respectively. In the ICWM group, 14 patients were withdrawn from prednisone treatment (28%), 36 patients had their...
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