Antiherpetic Effects of Gynura procumbens

Table 2

Patients clinical and laboratory data before treatment in the treatment and placebo groups.

Patients	The treated groups	The placebo groups	P value
Sex
Male	10	3	0.51
Female	31	15
Total	41	18
Age (years)
Average	37.15	41.72
Range	16–71	20–69	0.20
Standard deviation	11.31	15.25
Pain on the first day (D0)
Case/total (%)	27/41 (65.90%)	11/18 (61.10%)	0.72
Pain score (average)	2.85	2.86	0.90
Itching on the first day (D0)
Case/total (%)	28/41 (68.29%)	7/18 (38.89%)	0.03
Itching score (average)	2.73	2.10	0.46
Tzanck smear before the treatment
Positive result (%)	70.0	72.2	0.86
Viral culture before the treatment
Positive result (%)	19/39 (48.7)	5/16 (31.25)	0.23