A Randomized Controlled Trial of Chinese Patent Medicine Xiao’er Biantong Granules in the Treatment of Functional Constipation in Children

Table 7

Disappearance rate of symptoms (, %).

Symptoms	XEBT group		Placebo group		value
		Disappeared		Disappeared
Long defecation interval time	359	299 (83.29%)	119	22 (18.49%)	0.0001
Dry stool	359	236 (65.74%)	119	11 (9.24%)	0.0001
Difficult defecation	356	238 (66.85%)	119	11 (9.24%)	0.0001
Encopresis	5	3 (60.00%)	3	0 (0.00%)	0.1964
Abdominal distension	309	214 (69.26%)	101	23 (22.77%)	0.0001
Decreased appetite	255	181 (70.98%)	94	29 (30.85%)	0.0001
Dry mouth	248	166 (66.94%)	81	31 (38.27%)	0.0001
Halitosis	260	185 (71.15%)	90	35 (38.89%)	0.0001
Feverish feeling in palms and soles	235	152 (64.68%)	80	24 (30.00%)	0.0001
Hyperchromic urine	246	193 (78.46%)	77	24 (31.17%)	0.0001