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KMID : 0363420110250010049
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Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics
2011 Volume.25 No. 1 p.49 ~ p.62
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Herbal Medicine Promotes Growth of Children
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Lee Yu-Jin
Baek Jung-Han
Ko Min-Jung
Seo Jeong-Min
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the herbal medicine in children’s growth.
Methods: 67 of the children in the age from 3 to 16 were participated in this study(31 of boys and 36 of girls). Department of the pediatrics, university oriental medical hospital, and the participants were measured their body composition and their bone age, the height percentile of the first and the last visit were measured, and those were compared by the Korean Association of Pediatrics’ Growth Statistics Curve.
Results: 1. Generally, total children’s average height and weight were significantly increased after the herbal medical treatment. The comparison between the height and the average height, the weight and the average weight were significantly decreased after the herbal medical treatment. 2. Total children’s average soft lean mass, body fat mass, BMI, basal metabolic rate, abdominal circumference and hip circumference were also significantly increased after the herbal medical treatment. 3. The mean height percentile of the children showed 0.88 percentile upwardly. The mean weight percentile of children showed 1.84 percentile upwardly. 4. The height percentile was increased in the group of boys younger than 13, and a group of girls older than 12 year old. Other than a group of boys older than 14, every group showed increasing weight percentile.
Conclusions: The herbal medical treatment helped children with growth retardation.
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KEYWORD
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Bone age, Body composition, Growth of children, Herbal medical treatment, Height percentile, Weight percentile
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