我院在1988年春收治成人急性重度黄疸型甲型肝炎368例,其中应用中药为主及单纯中药(统称“中药组”)治疗的有244例,单纯西药(简称“西药组”)治疗的有124例。两组男女患者之比均约2∶1;年龄以20～39岁者居多,占89.1％。临床表现两组大致 In our hospital in the spring of 1988, 368 cases of acute severe jaundice hepatitis A were treated in our hospital. Among them, 244 cases were treated with traditional Chinese medicine and simple Chinese medicine (collectively referred to as “traditional Chinese medicine group”), while those with simple western medicine (referred to as “western medicine group”) 124 cases. The ratio of men and women in both groups was about 2: 1. The age was 20-39 years old, accounting for 89.1%. Clinical manifestations of two groups roughly