[Advance in studies on effect of traditional Chinese (Tibetan) medicines in prevention and treatment of acute altitude sickness].
Acute altitude reaction is a stress response of organism to special altitude environmental factors such as hypoxia, low pressure, cold, dry and strong ultraviolet. As it is the most incident disease in high altitude areas, its prevention remains a problem to be solved. In China, the traditional Chinese (Tibetan) medicines have been recognized as an effective means of preventing and treating acute altitude sicknesses. Some single-recipe or compound traditional Chinese (Tibetan) medicines have been proved to be effective for acute altitude sicknesses. In this article, we will describe traditional Chinese (Tibetan) medicines of different types with efficacy in prevention and treatment of altitude sicknesses.
Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China.
Bo
B
Feng
Zhen
Z
Liu
Yan-Wei
YW
Xing
Ao
A
Gao
Huo-Ming
HM
Zhu
Jie
J
Wang
D000208:Acute Disease; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D038861:Medicine, Tibetan Traditional