儿童哮喘的中医药治疗

Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment for children with asthma

儿童支气管哮喘是儿童时期常见的慢性呼吸道疾病,中医药治疗儿童哮喘历史悠久,疗效确切,尤其是在缓解期扶正祛痰,消除宿根,减少哮喘发作方面具有独特疗效。本文从传统医学的角度,运用辨证论治的方法,总结各医家治疗哮喘的临床经验,并从现代医学的角度,阐述中医药从气道炎症、气道高反应性、气道重塑3个方面,治疗支气管哮喘的作用机制。

Childhood asthma is a kind of common chronic respiratory disease in children. Traditional Chinese Medicine（TCM） has a long history and obvious curative effect in the treatment of childhood asthma, especially increase resistance to the disease and dissipate sputum during remission, eliminate the root cause of the disease, and reduce the frequency of asthma incidence. In this research, we not only summarized the clinical experience of different physicians based on syndrome differentiation from the perspective of traditional medicine. but also introduced mechanisms of treatment of childhood asthma from the perspective of modern medicine in three aspects： airway inflammation. airway hyperresponsiveness, and airway remodeling.