Clinical Observation of the Effects of Antilipemic and Liver Protecting Decoction on 78 Cases of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases.

[Objective] To observe the clinical effects of Zhuang Ethnomedicine "antilipemic and liver protecting decoction" on 78 cases of nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases, and to provide new methods for the clinical treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases. [Methods] The 78 patients were randomly divided into two groups of treatment group ( antilipemic and liver protecting decoction) and control group ( fenofibrate tablets), with 39 cases in each group. After treatment for 12 weeks, changes of hepatic function, blood lipid and B-ultrasonography were observed. [Results] Alamine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), glutamyltransferase (γ-GT), serum total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglyceride (TG) were all decreased in two groups after treatment. However, treatment group had significant statistical significance with control group (P <0. 05) . Results of B-ultrasonography detection after treatment showed that the fatty liver degrees improved in two groups; and treatment group was superior to control group (P < 0. 05). [Conclusions] Antilipemic and liver protecting decoction showed obvious curative effects on nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases, which should be applied and extended in clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]