Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect of soothe liver and regulate stomach method in treating functional dyspepsia(FD). Methods: 60 cases of FD were divided into two groups randomly.The treatment group(30 cases) was treated with the primaiy decoction orally and the control group(30 cases) treated with motlium orally.The treatment course of both groups was 4 weeks.The clinical effects were observed during and after the course. Results: The total effective rate was 93.33% in the treatment group.Compared with the control group the difference was significant in statistics(P |