A Brief Introduction to Researches on Treatment of Hormone-dependent Asthma with Traditional Chinese Medicine  

作　　者：崔红生 武维屏 

机构地区：[1]Dongzhimen Hospital,Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Beijing 100700

出　　处：《Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine》2001年第2期153-159,共7页中医杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：In recent years, with the establishment of the theory of air passage inflammation concerning the pathologic mechanism of asthma, the glucocorticoid hormone (referred to hereafter only as hormone for short), a strong inflammation killer, has become a fundamental medication for treatment of asthma. However, long period of hormone administration will result in general side effects in the whole body as well as hormone dependence, which has now become a hard problem for physicians. Now a non-hormone medication of immunosuppressant has been chosen in western medicine to treat asthma as a replacement or partial replacement of hormone. Nevertheless, its therapeutic effect is not reliable and its side effects severe, hence hardly acceptable to patients. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) always adheres to the principle of holistic treatment and has a great advantage in the treatment of this disease. TCM doctors have made some trials and researches in this area and obtained some accomplishments. The following is a brief account of general researches on the treatment of asthma with TCM.

关 键 词：ASTHMA Drugs  Chinese Herbal GLUCOCORTICOIDS Humans Substance-Related Disorders 

分 类 号：R259[医药卫生—中西医结合]