Open Randomized Clinical Trial on JWSJZ Decoction for the Treatment of ALS Patients

Table 2

Comparison of ALSFRS before and after treatment for JWSJZ group and control group (𝜒±𝑆).

Variable	𝑛		ALSFRS			Rate of change (%)
	Before	After	Before	3 m	6 m
JWSJZ	24	23	38.2 ± 6.3	36.1 ± 8.7	34.4 ± 7.9*	13.57
Control	24	19	37.9 ± 7.7	34.3 ± 6.8	30.6 ± 9.1*	19.26

JWSJZ: Jiawei Sijunzi decoction; ALSFRS: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis functional rating scale; ^∗𝑃<0.05 compared with before treatment for the same group; rate of change: counted between before treatment and 6 months for the same group.