The patients with history of oesophageal variceal bleeding who were treated with Fuzhenghuayu capsule showed significantly higher cumulative probability of bleeding and median time of bleeding than their counterparts treated with propranolol alone ( 44.0 % vs. 24.2 % and 40.00 17.92 months vs. 7.00 2.35 months ; x = 4.433 , P = 0.035 ) .