Clinical efficacy of Xifeng Huashi and its effect on mental status in patients with diarrheal irritable bowel

Table 3 The two patient groups were compared regarding their traditional Chinese medicine syndrome points (mean ± SD)

Classification treatment		Research group (n = 64)	Control group (n = 64)	t value	P value
Abdominal pain decreases after diarrhea	Before	3.12 ± 1.36	3.04 ± 1.21	0.431	0.668
	After	1.06 ± 0.78	1.61 ± 0.67	5.241	< 0.001
Irritable	Before	3.38 ± 1.64	3.44 ± 1.53	0.262	0.794
	After	1.36 ± 1.19	1.87 ± 1.02	3.188	0.002
Distension and fullness of both hypochondria regions	Before	2.32 ± 1.03	2.51 ± 1.12	1.223	0.223
	After	0.81 ± 0.72	1.27 ± 0.87	3.991	< 0.001
Anorexia	Before	2.63 ± 0.94	2.52 ± 1.08	0.753	0.453
	After	0.97 ± 0.39	1.32 ± 0.37	6.38	< 0.001
Tiredness and fatigue	Before	2.17 ± 0.88	2.24 ± 0.95	0.53	0.597
	After	0.89 ± 0.67	1.18 ± 0.73	2.868	0.005
Total points	Before	13.52 ± 3.39	13.75 ± 3.46	0.465	0.643
	After	5.07 ± 3.11	7.38 ± 3.68	4.698	< 0.001