Abstract:Objective: To discuss the effect of modified Juanbitang for oral and bath therapy on shoulder-hand syndrome (SHS) with wind phlegm stasis after stroke, and its impact on calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP), substance P (SP), plasma bradykinin, nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin-1 (ET-1). Method: One hundred and forty-six patients with SHS were divided into control group and observation group by random number table. All of their normal limbs were kept in a good position, and all of the patients got passive upper limb motion training and active upper limb motion training. Patients in control group got modified Juanbitang for oral, 1 dose/day. In addition to the therapy of control group, patients in observation group was also given Modified Juanbi decoction for bath therapy, 30 min/time, 2 times/day. The course of treatment was 4 weeks. Shoulder-hand syndrome assessment scale (SHSS), edema degree, pain visual analogue scale (VAS), wind phlegm stasis, neurological deficit (NIHSS), functional Independence rating scale (FIM) and upper extremity Fugl-Meyer functional scale (U-FMA) were scaled once before and after treatment. And levels of CGRP, SP, plasma bradykinin, NO and ET-1 were detected before and after treatment. Result: The total efficiency in observation group was 91.3%, which was higher than 79.41% in control group (χ2=3.885, P<0.05). After treatment, SHS scores of feeling, autonomic nerve, movement and the total score were lower than those in control group (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Score of U-FMA was higher than that in control group (P<0.05), and VAS score was lower than that in control group (P<0.01). And score of FIM was higher than that in control group, scores of NIHSS and wind phlegm stasis were higher than those in control group (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Levels of CGRP and NO were higher than those in control group, and levels of SP, bradykinin and ET-1 were lower than those in control group (P<0.01). After treatment, whole blood viscosity (high, low), plasma viscosity and platelet aggregation rate in observation group were superior to those in control group (P<0.01). Conclusion: Modified Juanbitang for oral and bath therapy can relieve patients' pain, swelling and paresthesia, ameliorate neurological deficit, improve patients' upper limb motion ability and independent living ability, and regulate levels of CGRP, NO, SP, bradykinin and ET-1, with a significant clinical effect.