Clinical Research on Xiaoqinglong Decoction in Treating Acute Bronchial Asthma

Objective:To discuss the efficacy and safety of Xiaoqinglong decoction in treating acute bronchial asthma.Methods:64 patients with acute bronchial asthma were randomly divided into Xiaoqinglong decoction group and the conventional western medicine group.The disease condition,the syndrome integral,the blood eosinophil count,the improvement of pulmonary function and the safety of medication were evaluated in both group after the theray for a week.Results:There had no significant difference among the effective rates of the two groups(P0.05),there had significant difference among the accumulated score of the major TCM symptoms andphysical sign(gasping,wheezing,chest distress,expectoration)of the two groups after and before treatment(P0.05),this indicates that Xiaoqinglong decoction had a better curative effect on improving symptoms than the conventional western medicine group.The side effect was not observed in both group.Conclusion:This indicates that Xiaoqinglong decoction effective in treating acute outbreak of BA.Especially,the Xiaoqinglong decoction's effect on the gasping、wheezing、chest distress and expectoration were better than compared group.And this indicates the therapies in both groups are safe.