Chaiqin Chengqi Decoction as an adjuvant treatment for mild/moderately severe hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis: A retrospective study

Table 1 Lists the Chinese herbs included in the Chaiqin Chengqi Decoction

Chinese name	English name	Latin name	Scientific name	Weight (g)
Chaihu	Chinese thorowax root	Bupleuri Radix	Bupleurum chinense DC.	10
Baishao	White paeony root	Paeoniae Radix Alba	Paeonia lactiflora Pall	10
Huangqin	Baical skullcap root	Scutellariae Radix	Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi	10
Zhishike	Fructus aurantii immaturus	Aurantii Fructus Immaturus	Citrus aurantium L.	10
Jianghoupo	Officinal magnolia bark	Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis	Magnolia officinalis Rehd et Wils	10
Dahuang	Rhubarb root and rhizome	Rhei Radix et Rhizoma	Rheum palmatum L.	10
Xuanmingfen	Weathered sodium sulfate	Thenardite	Na2SO4	10
Jinyinhua	Wild honeysuckle flower	Lonicerae Japonicae Flos	Lonicera japonica Thunb.	20
Chonglou	Yunnan manyleaf paris rhizome	Paridis Rhizoma	P. polyphylla Smith var. chinensis (Franch.) Hara	9

Table 2 Characteristics of the study population

Parameters	CQCQD	Control	P value
Number of patients	19	20
Number of male patients	15	15	1
Age (yr)	44.00 ± 13.24	41.25 ± 10.19	0.15
Hypertension (n)	2	5	0.41
Diabetes (n)	8	9	1
Fatty liver (n)	18	15	0.18
BMI (kg/m2)	28.87 ± 4.09	26.78 ± 4.38	0.43
NRS score	2.26 ± 0.28	1.68 ± 0.17	0.07
BISAP score	1.11 ± 0.17	0.65 ± 0.17	0.06
AGI score	1.00 ± 0.00	0.95 ± 0.05	0.32
Balthazar score	2.63 ± 0.22	2.37 ± 0.14	0.32
Biochemical data
WBC (× 109/L)	13.51 ± 1.16	12.21 ± 1.05	0.41
HCT	0.42 ± 0.01	0.42 ± 0.01	0.96
CRP (mg/L)	130.55 ± 19.98	58.42 ± 13.50	0.01a
AST (U/L)	29.37 ± 2.85	30.25 ± 5.29	0.87
ALT (U/L)	25.79 ± 4.11	34.40 ± ± 4.99	0.19
CHO (mmol/L)	9.76 ± 0.96	8.71 ± 0.56	0.34
TG (mmol/L)	14.93 ± 1.87	15.71 ± 1.72	0.78
APOE (mg/L)	163.26 ± 23.11	169.94 ± 14.52	0.81
UA (μmmol/L)	363.15 ± 31.70	383.28 ± 22.85	0.61

^aP < 0.05.

CQCQD: Chaiqin Chengqi Decoction; BMI: Body mass index; NRS: Numerical rating scale; BISAP: Bedside index for severity in acute pancreatitis; AGI: Acute gastrointestinal injury; WBC: White blood cell; HCT: Hematocrit; CRP: C-reactive protein; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; CHO: Cholesterol; TG: Triglyceride; APOE: Apolipoprotein E; UA: Uric acid.

Table 3 The characteristics of serological indicators were examined for the first time after treatment

Parameters	CQCQD	Control	P value
Number of patients	19	20
HCT	0.38 ± 0.01	0.41 ± 0.01	0.04
CRP (mg/L)	43.70 ± 11.06	29.09 ± 6.13	0.25
ALT (U/L)	35.11 ± 6.78	43.70 ± 11.93	0.55
AST (U/L)	31.78 ± 5.53	34.80 ± 7.28	0.75
ALB	36.39 ± 1.11	39.33 ± 0.99	0.06
UA (μmmol/L)	258.83 ± 33.34	341.65 ± 30.15	0.07
CERA	62.61 ± 3.18	68.15 ± 3.26	0.23

CQCQD: Chaiqin Chengqi Decoction; HCT: Hematocrit; CRP: C-reactive protein; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; ALB: Albumin; UA: Uric acid; CERA: Creatinine.