Role of Bufei Tang in the recovery treatment of stable phase of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

OBJECTIVE To discuss the role of Bufei Tang in the recovery treatment of COPD. METHODS Dividing randomly 60 patients suffering from COPD in a stable condition into 2 groups in even number named as treatment group and control group seperately. Giving the modification(adding by raw Astragalus,Rehmannia,Morasalba,Aster,etc) of Bufei Tang and recovery treatment to the treatment group while just recovery treatment of the lung to the control group. Detecting the index improvement of both groups about the physical endurance, health condition, and the function of lung afterwards in order to evaluate the value of Bufei Tang in the recovery treatment of COPD. RESULTS The improvement in physical endurance and life quality of the treatment group was higher than that of the control group, and the acute occurrence in 12 weeks of treatment group was lower than that of control group (P0.05). CONCLUSION It can decrease the acute occurrence of COPD and improve the life quality of COPD patients by the combination of Bufei Tang with recovery treatment.