Chinese Herb Astragalus membranaceus Enhances Recovery of Hemorrhagic Stroke: Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study
Figure 3
Effect of Astragalus membranaceus on sub-scale of FIM scores in acute hemorrhagic stroke patients. The increase of FIM subscale scores in grooming, bathing/showing, dressing lower body and toileting was greater in the group A than in the group B in week 4 and in week 12 in acute hemorrhagic stroke patients. Group A: complementary therapy with Astragalus membranaceus; Group B: complementary therapy with placebo; B: baseline (week 1); W4: week 4; W12: week 12; (a) ; (b) ; (c) compared to the increase of Group B.
