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Abstract:
Ninety-six cases of bronchial asthma (male 44, female 52; age: 7-73) were treated with oral Longdan Jiechuan Decoction. After one year follow up, the clinical efficacy was as follows: clinical curative rate 29.2%; marked effective rate 29.2% with the total effective rate of 97.9%, which were significantly higher than that in the control group treated with routine WM(P less than 0.01). The average PEF(288.2 +/- 92.5, 306.8 +/- 98.4 L/min) in the herbal group after half year and one year orally administered was significantly higher than the value of premedication (199.0 +/- 81.4 L/min) (P less than 0.01) and that of the control group (P less than 0.001). Patients condition might be further improved if the decoction were given according to the circadian rhythm of ventilation.
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