Effect of Shenling Baizhu San on Intestinal Flora in a Rat Model of Ulcerative Colitis with Spleen Deficiency and Dampness

Table 4

Evaluation of pathological score.

Inflammation severity	Crypt injury	Ulcer severity	Score
Few inflammatory cells in the lamina propria	Complete crypts	No ulcers	0
Increased numbers of granulocytes in the lamina propria	Loss of one third	1 or 2 ulcers	1
Confluent of inflammatory cells extend to the submucosa	Loss of two thirds	3 or 4 ulcers	2
Transmural extension of inflammatory infiltration	The entire crypt is lost	Fusion or extensive ulcers	3
	Erosion changes on the epithelial surface		4
	Fusion erosion		5