Observation of the effects of the Suhuang Zhike capsule on acute bronchitis

Abstract

Acute bronchitis is one of the most common diseases in the world. The Suhuang Zhike capsule is a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that was approved to treat acute bronchitis. In order to study the clinical effects of the Suhuang Zhike capsule on acute bronchitis subjects, the clinical data of 96 patients from the Department of Lung Disease of Zhengzhou Traditional Chinese Hospital from June 2014 to June 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were randomly divided into a control group and a Suhuang Zhike capsule treatment group, each with 48 cases. The therapeutic effects of the treatments were evaluated on the tenth day. The results showed that the total effective rate of the observation group was 95.83%, which was significantly higher when compared with the control group, which was 72.91% (P less than 0.005). The clinical signs (e.g. coughing, itchy throat, dry cough without phlegm, little sputum) of the two groups obviously decreased, and the difference was statistically significant when compared with the pretreatment scores (P less than 0.005). The decreased rate of the observation group was significantly larger when compared with the control group (P less than 0.005). The time it took for the clinical symptoms of the observation group to resolve was significantly shorter when compared with the control group (P less than 0.005). After treatment, the serum levels of c-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) of the two groups obviously decreased. There was a significant difference in these serum levels when compared with pre-treatment levels (P less than 0.005). The decreased rate of the observation group was obviously larger when compared with the control group (P less than 0.005). In the observation group, there were 3 cases with adverse reactions (nausea in 2 cases and mild vomiting in 1 case) during the observation period, with an adverse reaction rate of 6.25% In the control group, 10 cases developed adverse reactions (nausea in 2 cases, mild diarrhea in 3 cases, and mild vomiting in 5 cases), with an adverse reaction rate of 20.83% (P less than 0.005, vs the observation group). In this study, we showed that the Suhuang Zhike capsule provides positive therapeutic effects in the treatment of acute bronchitis by promoting the alleviation of the clinical symptoms in a short time and reducing the inflammation in the respiratory tract