Pneumonia Research
Alternative
& Complementary Therapies
Traditional Chinese Medicine
(TCM)
used to treat child pneumonia
According to TCM
differentiation of the symptoms and signs, 52 children with
presisting pneumonia were divided into the following four types: 1)
deficiency of body fluid due to accumulation of heat in the lung, 2)
earth failing to generate metal, 3) deficiency of the Ying and Wei
systems, and 4) excessiveness of pathogens due to qi deficiency.
After treatment for 2-3 weeks, 40-cases were cured, 8 improved, and
4 ineffective.
Bao J.
TCM differential treatment of child hood persisting pneumonia.
J Tradit Chin Med 1998 Sep;18(3):174-7. Pediatrics
Department, Gansu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou.
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