Literature study on prevention and treatment of community acquired pneumonia by traditional Chinese medicine.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.2017.0037
- Author:
De-Min LI
1
;
Shi-Huan TANG
1
;
Qiang LIAO
1
;
Wei CHEN
2
;
Hong-Chun ZHANG
1
Author Information
1. National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Center for Respiratory Diseases, The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pulmonary Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China.
2. Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
community acquired pneumonia;
traditional Chinese medicine;
treatment
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2017;42(8):1418-1422
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Among the literatures of the prevention and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) published in recent years, there were 16 kinds of classic prescription, including 52 RCTs about Maxingshigan Decoction, 21Chinese patent medicines. There are eight kinds of indications for the drug specification, among which the literatures of Tan Reqing injection accounted for the most about 136 RCTs; There were literatures about non-drug treatment, including： acupuncture, Chinese medicine paste, enema, Chinese medicine ionization, Chinese medicine fumigation, bamboo cans and so on. In this study, author has analysed the classic prescription, Chinese patent medicine and non-drug therapy referring to advantages and disadvantages of CAP, which could be used to treat virus infection instead of antibiotic therapy. Based on antibiotic therapy, Chinese medicine treatment could increase synergistic interaction while decrease the antibiotic side-effects. In addition, Chinese medicine could perform synergistic interaction in CAP every period, which resulted from classified analysis of basic studies about Chinese medicine treatment in CPA. This study is aimed to provides an important basis for clarifying the direction of scientific research.
