Clinical application of a decoction of "fast-developing liquid for gastrointestinal ultrasound"

B-ultrasound has been widely used in examination of the human organs. Because of the gas and mucus interference in the ultrasound, the ultrasonic examination of stomach so far has been still a knotty problem. On the basis of TCM theory that the drugs for promoting Qi flow and resolving dampness have the function of elimination of gas and mucus, the authors have successfully made a high effective Fast-developing Liquid for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound for B-ultrasound examination of stomach with satisfactory picture-developing results, excellent development rate of the control group and the gastric cancer group being 94.9% and more than 90%, respectively. After the decoction being taken, the tissue structures in the milieu interne were not changed physiologically and pathologically. The five layers of the gastric walls could be distinguished clearly and the values of the normal stomach be measured correctly. Some signs about the gastric cancer, e.g. the size and property of the cancer, the translocation of the cancer inside and outside the gastric cavity as well as of the other organs and lymph nodes could be observed distinctly. The consistent rate of B-ultrasound with gastroscopy, biopsy, X-ray and surgical operation diagnosis for the gastric cancer is over 94%. But no significant differences between B-ultrasound and the above other examinations were found statistically with all the P greater than 0.05. B-ultrasound diagnosis of the gastric cancer is not only highly efficient, but also can be used to observe the infiltration of the cancer cells into the lower layer of the mucous membrane.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)