- 아토피와 알러지에 대한 한의학적 약물치료의 혈액면역학적 개선효과
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- 조현익,신병철,김형일,Jo. Hyun-Ik,Shin. Byung-Cheul,Kim. Hyung-Il
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 동의생리병리학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2007년|21권 6호|pp.1646-1654 (9 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한동의생리학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of several herbal prescriptions in patients with allergy or atopic disease, such as atopic dermatitis, asthma and allergy rhinitis and others, on the blood immunological parameters and to verify the safety of long-term use of herbal medicine. Eighty one patients with allergy or atopy disease who taken herbal medicine at least for 2 months were compared with patients who taken same medicine with no allergy & atopy disease (n=14) and normal healthy subjects (n=22). According to the comparison of immunological parameters change, the data showed that herbal medicine decreased IgE (P=0.003), Eosinophil ratio (P<0.001) and count (P<0.001) of White Blood Cell (WBC) and did not affect to the liver cell enzymes in blood. This results indicated that herbal medicine decreased immune hypersensitivity and improved chronic inflammation related to blood immunological parameters of allergy or atopy diseases. In addition, herbal medicine seemed to be safe to the liver function for long-term use.