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Identifying Core Herbal Treatments for Children with Asthma: Implication from a Chinese Herbal Medicine Database in Taiwan
Asthma is one of the most common allergic respiratory diseases around the world and places great burden on medical payment. Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is commonly used for Taiwanese children to control diseases. The aim of this study is to analyze the CHM prescriptions for asthmatic children by u...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3771466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24066007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/125943 |
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author | Chen, Hsing-Yu Lin, Yi-Hsuan Thien, Peck-Foong Chang, Shih-Chieh Chen, Yu-Chun Lo, Su-Shun Yang, Sien-Hung Chen, Jiun-Liang |
author_facet | Chen, Hsing-Yu Lin, Yi-Hsuan Thien, Peck-Foong Chang, Shih-Chieh Chen, Yu-Chun Lo, Su-Shun Yang, Sien-Hung Chen, Jiun-Liang |
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description | Asthma is one of the most common allergic respiratory diseases around the world and places great burden on medical payment. Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is commonly used for Taiwanese children to control diseases. The aim of this study is to analyze the CHM prescriptions for asthmatic children by using a nationwide clinical database. The National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) was used to perform this study. Medical records from 1997 to 2009 with diagnosis with asthma made for children aged 6 to 18 were included into the analysis. Association rule mining and social network analysis were used to analyze the prevalence of single CHM and its combinations. Ma-Xing-Gan-Shi-Tang (MXGST) was the most commonly used herbal formula (HF) (20.2% of all prescriptions), followed by Xiao-Qing-Long-Tang (13.1%) and Xing-Su-San (12.8%). Zhe Bei Mu is the most frequently used single herb (SH) (14.6%), followed by Xing Ren (10.7%). MXGST was commonly used with Zhe Bei Mu (3.5%) and other single herbs capable of dispelling phlegm. Besides, MXGST was the core formula to relieve asthma. Further studies about efficacy and drug safety are needed for the CHM commonly used for asthma based on the result of this study. |
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spelling | pubmed-37714662013-09-24 Identifying Core Herbal Treatments for Children with Asthma: Implication from a Chinese Herbal Medicine Database in Taiwan Chen, Hsing-Yu Lin, Yi-Hsuan Thien, Peck-Foong Chang, Shih-Chieh Chen, Yu-Chun Lo, Su-Shun Yang, Sien-Hung Chen, Jiun-Liang Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article Asthma is one of the most common allergic respiratory diseases around the world and places great burden on medical payment. Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is commonly used for Taiwanese children to control diseases. The aim of this study is to analyze the CHM prescriptions for asthmatic children by using a nationwide clinical database. The National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) was used to perform this study. Medical records from 1997 to 2009 with diagnosis with asthma made for children aged 6 to 18 were included into the analysis. Association rule mining and social network analysis were used to analyze the prevalence of single CHM and its combinations. Ma-Xing-Gan-Shi-Tang (MXGST) was the most commonly used herbal formula (HF) (20.2% of all prescriptions), followed by Xiao-Qing-Long-Tang (13.1%) and Xing-Su-San (12.8%). Zhe Bei Mu is the most frequently used single herb (SH) (14.6%), followed by Xing Ren (10.7%). MXGST was commonly used with Zhe Bei Mu (3.5%) and other single herbs capable of dispelling phlegm. Besides, MXGST was the core formula to relieve asthma. Further studies about efficacy and drug safety are needed for the CHM commonly used for asthma based on the result of this study. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3771466/ /pubmed/24066007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/125943 Text en Copyright © 2013 Hsing-Yu Chen et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chen, Hsing-Yu Lin, Yi-Hsuan Thien, Peck-Foong Chang, Shih-Chieh Chen, Yu-Chun Lo, Su-Shun Yang, Sien-Hung Chen, Jiun-Liang Identifying Core Herbal Treatments for Children with Asthma: Implication from a Chinese Herbal Medicine Database in Taiwan |
title | Identifying Core Herbal Treatments for Children with Asthma: Implication from a Chinese Herbal Medicine Database in Taiwan |
title_full | Identifying Core Herbal Treatments for Children with Asthma: Implication from a Chinese Herbal Medicine Database in Taiwan |
title_fullStr | Identifying Core Herbal Treatments for Children with Asthma: Implication from a Chinese Herbal Medicine Database in Taiwan |
title_full_unstemmed | Identifying Core Herbal Treatments for Children with Asthma: Implication from a Chinese Herbal Medicine Database in Taiwan |
title_short | Identifying Core Herbal Treatments for Children with Asthma: Implication from a Chinese Herbal Medicine Database in Taiwan |
title_sort | identifying core herbal treatments for children with asthma: implication from a chinese herbal medicine database in taiwan |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3771466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24066007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/125943 |
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