Enteral Nutrition Combined with Improved-Sijunzi Decoction Shows Positive Effect in Precachexia Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Analysis

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Symptom</td><td class="align_center">1 score</td><td class="align_center">2 score</td><td class="align_center">3 score</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Decreased food intake</td><td class="align_center">Less than 1/3</td><td class="align_center">Between 1/3 and 1/2</td><td class="align_center">More than ½</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Lack of strength</td><td class="align_center">Unable to adhere manual labor</td><td class="align_center">Barely stick to daily activities</td><td class="align_center">Unable to adhere to daily activities</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Abdominal distention</td><td class="align_center">Mild fullness, abdominal distension after eating, relieved within half an hour.</td><td class="align_center">Abdominal distension, obvious after eating, relieved within half an hour to 1 hour.</td><td class="align_center">Abdominal distension is obvious, especially after eating, relieving takes more than 1 hour.</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Constipation or loose stools</td><td class="align_center" colspan="3">1 score</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>TCMS score was the sum of each symptom score.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>The scoring method of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome.</div>

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Table 1: Enteral Nutrition Combined with Improved-Sijunzi Decoction Shows Positive Effect in Precachexia Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Analysis 