Effects and mechanisms of actions of Chinese herbal medicines for asthma
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of airways that affects approximately 300 million adults and children worldwide. Most therapy currently uses bronchodilators and corticosteroids. Systemic side effects from chronic use of these drugs are concerned Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a long history of human use in China and other Asian countries and well received by the patients. But as one component of Western integrative medicine (WIM), it is required that TCM use is supported by scientific evidence. On the other hand, there are also suggestions that Western standardized medicine should consider personalized practice. In recent years there have been an increasing studies to narrow the gap between TCM, the personalized medicine and Western medicine, evidence based medicine. This communication reviews several TCM studies published in the English language in details by reviewing the effects and mechanisms of actions on asthma from clinic and experimental studies.And normalization of hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal (HPA)-axis disturbances. However, the mechanisms of actions of Chinese herbal medicines for asthma are not fully understood. More controlled clinical studies are warranted and some anti-asthma TCM may be proved to be effective when used as monotherapy or complementary asthma therapies.
Asthma Complementary and alternative medicine Traditional Chinese medicine Chinese herbal medicine mechanism of action
Hong Min-Li Song Ying Xiu-Min Li
Center for Chinese Medicine for Allergy and Asthma, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Pediatric Departm Center for Chinese Medicine for Allergy and Asthma, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Pediatric Departm
国内会议
中华中医药学会肺系病分会成立大会暨第十五次全国中医肺系病学术交流大会
北京
英文
10-17
2011-12-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）