동충하초 복합추출물로 치료받은 류마티스 관절염 환자군에 대한 후향적 관찰 연구

• Published in: 동의생리병리학회지 Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 193 - 198
• Main Authors: 고성환(Seong Hwan Ko), 김상우(Sang Woo Kim), 김남훈(Nam Hoon Kim), 김시연(Si Yeon Kim), 이은정(Eun-jung Lee)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한의병리학회 2021
• Subjects: 한의학; Herbal medicine; Cordyceps Militaris complex extract; Rheumatoid arthritis; Clinical Disease Activity Index; Disease Activity Score 28
• ISSN: 1738-7698; 2288-2529; 2283-2529
• DOI: 10.15188/kjopp.2021.10.35.5.193

The purpose of this study is to observe the effect of Cordyceps Militaris(CM) complex extract treatment on patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis(RA). We reviewed medical records of 9 rheumatoid arthritis patients who visited the pain & rehabilitation center, Daejeon Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University and were treated with CM complex extract from October 14, 2019 to October 14, 2020. We analyzed the records of DAS 28(Disease Activity Score 28), CDAI(Clinical Disease Activity Index), SDAI(Simplified Disease Activity Index), VAS(Visual analogue Scale), and KHAQ-D(Korean Health Assesment Questionnaire-Disability Index) before and after treatment to evaluate the effects of CM complex extract on RA. As a result, the scores of DAS 28(p<0.05), CDAI(p<0.01), SDAI(p<0.01) and VAS(p<0.01) were statistically significantly decreased, after 8 weeks of taking CM complex extract in RA patients. In conclusion, CM complex extract treatment may have potential effects of reducing disease activity and pain and improving quality of life in patients diagnosed with RA.