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

Table 3

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

Variable	𝑛 of limbs first attacked		ALSFRS			Rate of change (%)
	Before	After	Before	3 m	6 m
JWSZJ	18	18	37.1 ± 7.6	35.2 ± 7.4	33.9 ± 6.2*	10.68^#
Control	19	18	37.4 ± 9.2	34.5 ± 4.5	31.6 ± 8.9*	19.03

JWSJZ: Jiawei Sijunzi decoction; ALSFRS: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis functional rating scale; *𝑃<0.05 compared with before treatment for the same group; ^#𝑃<0.01, compared with JWSJZ group; rate of change; counted between before treatment and 6 months for the same group.