Epigastric pain syndrome: What can traditional Chinese medicine do? A randomized controlled trial of Biling Weitong Granules

Table 2 Baseline disease conditions in two groups, mean ± SD

	Placebo group, n = 120	BLWTG group, n = 118	P value
Total epigastric pain score	4.63 ± 0.73	4.61 ± 0.72	0.8748
VAS score of the severity of epigastric pain	6.17 ± 1.14	6.25 ± 1.2	0.6257
Frequency of epigastric pain, d/wk	4.14 ± 1.73	4.08 ± 1.67	0.7964
Total FD clinical score	28.18 ± 9.02	29.07 ± 9.33	0.458
FDDQL score	58.91 ± 13.78	57.15 ± 15.35	0.3518

BLWTG: Biling Weitong Granules; FD: Functional dyspepsia; FDDQL: Functional Digestive Disorders Quality of Life Questionnaire; VAS: Visual analog score.