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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: (1) The clinical efficacy in the treated group was superior to that in the control group with significant statistical difference (P < 0. 01) ; (2) Comparison of the efficacies in patients of three different TCM syndrome types (the external pathogenic wind invasion caused auditory orifice stuffiness type, the Gan-Dan damp-heat steaming up auditory orifice type and the Pi-deficiency dysfunction induced dirty dampness blocking ear type) showed no statistically significant difference (P > 0. 05) ; (3) The vanishing rate and time needed of the main symptoms and signs in the treated group were superior to those in the control group on ear muffle, tinnitus, hearing impairment, hydrotypanum, pure tone threshold and abnormal tongue figure, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01), only those of earache, otopiesis and abnormal pulse figure were insignificantly different between the two groups (P > 0. 05).