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KMID : 0363420160300020082
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Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics
2016 Volume.30 No. 2 p.82 ~ p.95
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Review of Clinical Research about Herbal Medicine Treatment on Recurrent Respiratory Tract Infection in Children
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Lee Ji-Hong
Lee Eun-Ju
Lee Bo-Ram
Chang Gyu-Tae
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate recent clinical studies on effect of herbal medicine treatment for recurrent respiratory tract infection in children.
Methods: We searched some clinical studies about recurrent respiratory tract infection in children from the China Academic Journal (CAJ) of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) (January 2011 to December 2015).
Results: 50 papers were selected from 168 studies. The herbal decoction was main herbal medicine treatment for recurrent respiratory tract infection in children. Commonly used herbs were Atractylodis Rhizoma Alba, Glycyrrhizae Radix, Astragali Radix, Saposhnikovia Radix and Pseudostellariae Radix. Yupingfeng keli was the most frequently used herbal compound. Total effective rate was 66.4-100%, experimental group was significantly higher than control group in 45 papers (P<0.05). Immune index (in 22 papers) and curative effect of TCM syndrome (in 7 papers) were significantly higher than those of control group after treatment (p<0.05).
Conclusions: Herbal medicine has been shown as an effective treatment on recurrent respiratory tract infection in children. These research results can be utilized in other clinical studies and in treatment of recurrent respiratory tract infection for children.
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KEYWORD
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Herbal medicine, Recurrent respiratory tract infection, Children
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