柔肝健脾法治疗脾虚肝旺型性早熟患儿的回顾性分析

doi:10.20274/j.cnki.issn.1674-3865.2025.03.004

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Objective To explore the clinical efficacy and the treatment mechanism of liver?softening and spleen?strengthening therapy for children with precocious puberty of spleen?deficiency and liver?hyperactivity type. Method A total of 62 children with central precocious puberty of spleen?deficiency and liver?hyperactivity type were selected as research subjects, who visited Children’s Hospital of Fudan University from October 2023 to May 2024, including 38 girls and 24 boys. The 62 pediatric patients were treated with liver?softening and spleen?strengthening therapy, orally taking Siwu decoction combined with Baizhu Ointment with modification for 6 months. The efficacy of liver?softening and spleen?strengthening therapy was evaluated by analyzing growth rate of body height, changes in bone age?chronological age(BA-CA) ratio, level of sex hormone and changes in growth factor level before and after treatment. Result (1) After treatment with liver?softening and spleen?strengthening therapy, the BA-CA ratio significantly reduced compared with before treatment（reducing by 6%–9%), and the growth rate increased significantly compared with before treatment (P<0.05). (2) There was no significant enlargement in uterine, ovary, follicle or testicle after treatment (P>0.05). (3) After treatment estradiol level in girls and testosterone level in boys were lower than before treatment, while FSH in girls was higher than before treatment (all P<0.05); LH and PRL levels in boys and girls and FSH level in boys had no obvious changes before and after treatment (P>0.05). (4) After treatment, serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels increased significantly compared with before treatment (P<0.05). Conclusion The liver?softening and spleen?strengthening therapy can not only reduce the level of sex hormones effectively and inhibit the rapid progress of bone age, but also increase the levels of growth factors and the growth rate of the child patients.

Key words: Central precocious puberty, Softening the liver and strengthening the spleen, Bone age, Body height, Child

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Junchao LIU, Jiaojiao LIU, Hong XU. Retrospective analysis of liver⁃softening and spleen⁃strengthening therapy for children with precocious puberty of spleen⁃deficiency and liver⁃hyperactivity type[J]. Chinese Pediatrics of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, 2025, 17(3): 208-212.

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性别	n	骨龄-年龄比值
性别	n	治疗前	治疗后	t值	P值
女孩	38	1.23±0.02	1.13±0.02	4.03	<0.05
男孩	24	1.17±0.02	1.10±0.02	2.60	<0.05
性别	n	生长速度（cm/年）
性别	n	治疗前	治疗后	t值	P值
女孩	38	6.95±0.32	8.81±0.44	3.34	<0.05
男孩	24	6.86±0.67	12.65±1.05	3.96	<0.05

项目	女孩（n=38）			男孩（n=24）
项目	子宫体积（mL）	卵巢体积（mL）	卵泡大小（mm）	睾丸体积（mL）
治疗前	3.05±0.26	2.48±0.99	4.29±0.13	4.23±0.41
治疗后	2.84±0.17	2.71±0.15	4.28±0.16	4.24±0.44
t值	0.62	1.30	0.07	0.02
P值	>0.05	>0.05	>0.05	>0.05

性别	n	LH（IU/L）				PRL（IU/L）
性别	n	治疗前	治疗后	t值	P值	治疗前	治疗后	t值	P值
女孩	38	1.78±0.25	2.15±0.41	0.81	>0.05	220.40±16.53	194.60±20.58	0.84	>0.05
男孩	24	2.10±0.21	2.02±0.11	0.38	>0.05	172.20±18.53	161.30±12.44	0.46	>0.05
性别	n	FSH（IU/L）				雌二醇/睾酮（pmol/L）
性别	n	治疗前	治疗后	t值	P值	治疗前	治疗后	t值	P值
女孩	38	4.06±0.25	5.35±0.49	2.45	<0.05	121.50±9.87	89.74±10.01	2.14	<0.05
男孩	24	3.67±0.32	3.94±0.29	0.63	>0.05	5.33±0.57	3.31±0.59	2.34	<0.05

性别	n	IGF-1				IGFBP-3
性别	n	治疗前	治疗后	t值	P值	治疗前	治疗后	t值	P值
女孩	38	189.70±7.88	273.60±23.58	4.19	<0.05	5.03±0.09	6.50±0.26	6.27	<0.05
男孩	24	265.80±18.09	329.80±19.48	2.35	<0.05	5.56±0.19	6.43±0.26	2.68	<0.05

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