[Clinical study on effect of zhifeng huatan pingxiao recipe in treating attack stage of child asthma].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the therapeutic effect of Zhifeng Huatan Pingxiao recipe (ZHPR) in treating attack stage of child asthma.


METHODS
Sixty child asthma patients with attack of mild and moderate degree were randomly divided into the treated group (40 patients treated with ZHPR) and the control group (20 patients treated with western medicine). The therapeutic effect and laboratory indexes, including peripheral eosinophil count (EOS), serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) and plasma endothelin (ET), before and after treatment were observed.


RESULTS
The total effective rate in the treated group was 72.5%, which was not different to that in the control group (P > 0.05). The therapeutic effect between different TCM types (heat and cold types) in the treated group was not different significantly (P > 0.05). ET, IgE and EOS levels all lowered after treatment in the treated group, but as compared with those in the control group, the difference was insignificant (P > 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The therapeutic effect of ZHPR in treating child asthma attack stage is equivalent to that of western medicine, it shows actions in improving laboratory indexes.
Chen
Ke-jing
KJ
Second Provincial TCM Hospital of Guangdong, Guangzhou 510095. chenkejing@163.net
Hao
Xiao-mei
XM
Liu
Mei
M
D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016232:Endothelins / Q000097:blood; D004804:Eosinophils; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D016232:Endothelins; D007073:Immunoglobulin E