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Section Type: METHODS

Text: The items of observation included : (1) scoring by SCL-90 on eight factors and seven symptoms ; (2) scoring on Chinese medicine symptoms by Kupermann scale, including anxiety and bad temper, scorching sense action with sweating, dizziness, tinnitus, soreness and weakness of the loin and knees, palpitation, insomnia, lassitude, weakness, and hyposexuality ; (3) blood contents of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), apoprotein AI (ApoAI) and B (ApoB) ; (4) levels of sex hormones, including estradiol (E (2)), progesterone (P), pituitary prolactin (PRL), follicular stimulating hormone (FSH), and), luteinzing hormone (LH) in some randomly selected patients ; (5) adverse reaction ; and (6) one-year follow-up study on long-term effect.