Curative effect of combined treatment with Traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine on acne vulgaris.

Objective To observe the curative effect of combined treatment of Qingfei Yin with licorzinc on acne vulgaris in young people.Methods One hundred and three patients suffering from acne vulgaris were divided into two groups at random:treatment group and control group.Qingfei Yin combined with licorzinc was given to treatment group and licorzinc alone to control group.The course of treatment was 3 weeks and alficetin for external use was given to both groups.Results Treatment group obviously improved symptoms and objective signs compared with control group.Effective rates of treatment group and control group were respectively 72.22% and 32.65%.Total effective rates were respectively 96.30% and 75.51%.The differences in effective rates of control and treatment groups were statistically significant(P0.01).Conclusion The curative effect of Qingfei Yin combined with licorzinc on acne vulgaris is better than that of licorzinc alone.