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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: After treatment of 7 days, the cured rate of 76. 9 % and the total effective rate of 90. 8 % in the observation group were significantly higher than 38. 5 % and 66. 2 % in the control group, respectively (both P < 0. 01) ; the incidence rate of post herpetic neuralgia of 3. 1 % in the observation group was significantly lower than 12. 3 % in the control group (P < 0. 05) ; after treatment, the scores for pain, rash and sleep decreased significantly in the two groups (all P < 0. 01), more significantly decreased in the observation group than in the control group (P < 0. 01 or P < 0. 05) ; the pain-relieving time, herpes-stopping time, scab-forming time and the cured time in the cured patients of the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the control group (P < 0. 01 or P < 0. 05).