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KMID : 0363420210350010104
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Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics
2021 Volume.35 No. 1 p.104 ~ p.121
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Review of Clinical Researches for Herbal Medicine Treatment on Functional Abdominal Pain in Children
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Park Se-Mi
Yu Sun-Ae
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of herbal medication for the treatment of functional abdominal pain in children by analyzing randomized controlled trials conducted in China.
Methods: Literatures from China National Knowledge Infrastructure published up to 23 November, 2020 were searched. Then they were collected and analyzed by their publication year, demographic information, treatment methods used, duration of illnesses, duration of treatments, follow-up periods, outcome measurement and adverse events.
Results: A total of 27 studies were selected for the analysis. In all studies, the total efficacy of the herbal medicine treatment group was reported to be higher than that of the control group. The most frequently used medical herb was Root of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer (甘草). The most frequently used classes of herbal medications are Qi regulating medicine (理氣藥), Qi tonics (補氣藥), Aromatic wet medicine (芳香化濕藥), and Digestant (消食藥). The adverse events rate for the herbal medicine treatment group were significantly lower than those in the Western medicine treatment group.
Conclusions: This study showed that herbal medicine treatment can be effective and safe option for treating pediatric functional abdominal pain. However, additional well-designed clinical studies are needed to solidify the findings.
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KEYWORD
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Pediatrics, Functional Abdominal Pain, Herbal medicine
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