Antiherpetic Effects of Gynura procumbens

Table 3

The results of the double-blind randomized, controlled clinical trial of Gynura procumbens gel product.

Result	The treated groups	The placebo groups	P value
The pain on D2–D4
Number of patients/total (%)	14/41 (34.15)	6/18 (33.33)	0.95
Average pain score	1.11	1.41	0.65
The itching from D2–D4
Number of patients/total (%)	20/41 (48.78)	7/18 (38.89)	0.48
Average itching score	1.60	1.44	0.80
The crust day
Within 4 days (patients/total)	21/41 (51.22%)	9/18 (50.00%)	0.93
Average time (days)	4.9	5.1	0.84
The healing day
Within 7 days (patients/total)	26/41 (63.41%)	8/18 (44.44%)	0.18
Average time (days)	8.7	9.4	0.56
The viral culture
Proportion +ve culture (%)
On D2–D4	8/38 (21.05)	3/15 (20.0)	1.0
On D7	3/39 (7.69)	3/15 (20.0)	0.33