| The thesis comprises literature review and clinical research.The literature review introduces the andvances reseach of branchial asthma in children which comprises three parts. Part â… , Progress on Treatment of Branchial Asthma in Children, discusses detailedly the pathogenesis, primary remedies and current therapeutic problems of branchial asthma in children from the point view of Western medicine. Part â…¡, Treatment of Branchial Asthma in Children with the Combinatian of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, briefly dicusses the academic and practical differences between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine on branchial asthma in children. Part â…¢, External Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Branchial Asthma in Children, summarizes the therapeutic methods and mechanism of external traditional Chinese medicine on childhood cough.The clinical research observed the treatment of branchial asthma in children by acupoint application with Mastard Cough Plaster.ObjectiveThe study observed the treatment of branchial asthma in children by acupoint application with Mastard Cough Plaster and by infared cough plaster to investigate standard treatment of external Chinese traditional medicine.Methods120 children with acute bronchitis were randomly divided into two groups, 60 in each, treated with acupoint application on the basis of general western medicine. Patients in the treated group were treated by acupoint application with Mastard Cough Plaster. Patients in the control group were treated by acupoint application with infared cough plaster. The acupoints, methods and period of treatment are the same. The data were analyzed with SPSS10.0.Results1.Curative effect: Apparent effectiveness rate in treated group was better than that in the control group(P<0.05). No significant difference was shown in comparing the effective rate(P>0.05).2.Effective time on primary symptoms and signs: Significant difference was shown in comparing the effective time on cough, sputum and rale.3. Primary symptoms and signs integral: The integral of cough and rale in the treated group was less than that in the control group after treatment(P<0.05). No significant difference was shown in comparing the integral of sputum(P>0.05). |