Efficacy and tolerability of antiasthma herbal medicine intervention in adult patients with moderate-severe allergic asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 517-524

  Wen, Ming Chun ^a   Wei, Chun Hua ^a   Hu, Zhao Qiu ^a   Srivastava, Kamal ^b   Ko, Jimmy ^b   Xi, Su Ting ^a   Mu, Dong Zhen ^c   Du, Ji Bin ^a   Li, Guo Hua ^a   Wallenstein, Sylvan ^b   Sampson, Hugh ^b   Kattan, Meyer ^b   Li, Xiu Min ^b  

^a WEIFANG PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c School of Pharmacy and Biology Science Weifang Medicinal University   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chinese herbal medicine; Clinical trial; Cortisol; Prednisone; T H1 TH2 balance

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS EXTRACT; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ABNORMALLY LOW SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOPHORA; SPIROMETRY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WEIGHT GAIN; ASTHMA; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CYTOKINES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 24644479841     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.05.029     Document Type: Article

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