title: [The effect of herbal medicine including astragalus membranaceus (fisch) bge, codonpsis pilosula and glycyrrhiza uralensis fisch on airway responsiveness].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of astragalus membranceus(fisch) bge, codonpsis pilosula and glycyrrhiza uralensis fisch on airway responsiveness.
  
  
  METHODS
  FVC, FEV1 and PEF of twenty-eight asthmatic patients were measured before and six weeks after treated with Astragalus membranceus(fisch) bge, codonpsis pilosual and glycyrrhiza uralensis fisch; methacholine challenge test with 0.033 mumol and 1.98 mumol.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 28 asthmatic patients received the treatment of those herbs, the results showed that FVC value increased obviously (t = 2.217, P < 0.05) and the value of FEV1 and PEF was all higher compared with before treatment of the herbs (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The herbal medicine including astragalus memberanaceus (fisch) bge, codonpsis pilosual and glycyrrhiza uralensis fisch can decrease the airway responsiveness of the patients with asthma.
authors.affiliation: Huai Ning County Hospital, Anhui Province 246100.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D027885:Astragalus propinquus; D016535:Bronchial Hyperreactivity / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006035:Glycyrrhiza / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014797:Vital Capacity
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal