Research Article

The Effects of Banha-sasim-tang on Dyspeptic Symptoms and Gastric Motility in Cases of Functional Dyspepsia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, and Two-Center Trial

Table 3

Comparison between actual administration of experimental agents and subjects’ expectation about their own groups at the end of the study.

Subjects’ expectation value
BST , (%)Placebo , (%)Total , (%)

Actual administrationBST , (%)24 (28.6)20 (23.8)44 (52.4)0.15
Placebo , (%)28 (33.3)12 (14.3)40 (47.6)

Total , (%)52 (61.9)32 (38.1)84 (100)

BST: Banha-sasim-tang.