NCT02634242

Study on the Antiaging Effect of Chinese Herb Drink

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chung Shan Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the current study was to check the physiological improvement of SWT on liver and skin and also the antioxidation in healthy adults.

Detailed description

Background: Si-Wu-Tang (SWT) is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and widely used for treating various gynecological disorders. The purpose of the current study was to check the physiological improvement of SWT on liver and skin and also the antioxidation in healthy adults. Methods: Sixty healthy voluntary subjects were recruited and assigned into two groups, who drank 125 mL of placebo (n=30) or SWT (n=30) for 6 continuous days per month during the following 6 months and vice versa with one month of washout period in between. During the initial, 3rd, 6th, 10th, and 13th months anthropometric measurements were performed as well as fasting blood samples were drawn for various biochemical assays. Abdominal ultrasonic and skin examination were performed at the initial, 6th and 13th months.

Conditions

• Gynecological Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Si-Wu-Tang (SWT)	The purpose of the current study was to check the physiological improvement of SWT on liver and skin and also the antioxidation in healthy adults.
OTHER	placebo	The purpose of the current study was to check the physiological improvement of placebo on liver and skin and also the antioxidation in healthy adults.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-04-01
• Primary completion: 2009-04-01
• Completion: 2009-04-01
• First posted: 2015-12-18
• Last updated: 2015-12-18