[Clinical and experimental studies on treating infantile pneumonia with Feiyan Mixture].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the effect of Feiyan Mixture (FYM) in treating infantile pneumonia and its mechanism.


METHODS
One hundred and twenty-eight patients were treated with FYM, the effect was observed and compared with those treated with antibiotics as control. Systematic clinical observation and animal experimental studies on the FYM were carried out.


RESULTS
The effective rates of FYM and antibiotics were 89.0% and 94.73% respectively and no significant difference was found between two groups, chi 2 = 2.838, P > 0.05. Experimental study showed that FYM was effective in anti-inflammation, antitussiveness, expectoration and spasmolysis.


CONCLUSIONS
FYM has obvious effect of anti-inflammation, antitussiveness, expectoration and spasmolysis.
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Beijin Children's Hospital, Beijing (100045).
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D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051379:Mice; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000188:drug therapy*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D008419:Materia Medica