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Article: Study on effect of Cordyceps sinensis and artemisinin in preventing recurrence of lupus nephritis.(Author Abstract)
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- Alternative Medicine Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
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Lu L. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 2002;22:169-171. [Article in Chinese]
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of Cordyceps sinensis and artemisinin in preventing recurrence of lupus nephritis (LN). METHODS: Sixty-one LN patients, who had no activities by corticosterone and cyclophosphamide (CTX) impacting therapy were randomly divided into two groups. The 31 cases in the treated group were given Cordyceps powder 2-4 g/d before meal and artemisinin 0.6 g/d after meal in three portions orally taken for 3 years. The 30 patients in the control group were treated with tripterygiitotorum and/or Baoshenkang tablet. The consecutive observation lasted for 5 years to ...