Treatment of cough and dyspnea due to acute bronchitis by plaster for cough and dyspnea--a report of 735 cases.
In the light of the theory of treating the internal disease externally, an externally used plaster for treating cough and dyspnea due to acute bronchitis (Ke Chuan Yi Tie Kang [symbol: see text]-[symbol: see text]) was successfully applied to 735 cases of acute bronchitis (the treatment group), with the other 423 cases treated with routine western drugs as controls. The results showed that the cure rate in the treatment group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P < 0.01); and that in the treatment group, the cure rate for the wind-cold type of acute bronchitis was significantly higher than that for the wind-heat type of acute bronchitis (P < 0.01).
Chen
Zhenfu
Z
Zhongxiang Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhongxiang City 431900, Hubei Province.
Zhou
Wenxiu
W
Gao
Juxian
J
Sun
Jiangqiao
J
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000208:Acute Disease; D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003371:Cough / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal