Treatment of generalized anxiety disorder with therapy of soothing liver,purging fire,nourishing blood and tranquilizing mind

Objective To investigate the clinical curative effect of TCM therapy of soothing liver, purging fire, nourishing blood and tranquilizing mind on generalized anxiety disorder. Method The patents with generalized anxiety disorder (n=60) were randomly divided into the treatment group and control group (each n=30). The treatment group was treated with Jingxin`anshen Decoction and the control group was treated with western medicine-Deanxit. A treatment course was for 4 weeks. Result After one week of treatment the HAMA decrease values in two groups were different than those before the treatment (P0.05). After four weeks of treatment, there were no differences in the clinical effective rate and total effective rate between two groups (P0.05). The result showed that the treatment had the curative effect after one week and two groups had the similar clinical curative effects after four weeks. Conclusion The therapy of soothing liver, purging fire, nourishing blood and tranquilizing mind is one of the effective therapies on generalized anxiety disorder, which is worth studying and spreading further more.