Treatment of childhood anorexia with spleen deficiency by Qiang Zhuang Ling

The authors' traditional Chinese herbal prescription, Qiang Zhuang Ling, was used to treat childhood anorexia with Spleen deficiency. For comparison, a group of cases treated by zinc sulphate solution was also set up as controls. After a course of treatment, the therapeutic effect in the Qiang...

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Published inJournal of traditional Chinese medicine Vol. 9; no. 2; p. 100
Main Authors Zou, Z W, Li, X M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China 01.06.1989
Subjects
Anorexia - complications
Anorexia - drug therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Drugs, Chinese Herbal - therapeutic use
Feeding and Eating Disorders - drug therapy
Female
Hair - analysis
Humans
Infant
Male
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Splenic Diseases - complications
Splenic Diseases - drug therapy
Zinc - analysis
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Summary:The authors' traditional Chinese herbal prescription, Qiang Zhuang Ling, was used to treat childhood anorexia with Spleen deficiency. For comparison, a group of cases treated by zinc sulphate solution was also set up as controls. After a course of treatment, the therapeutic effect in the Qiang Zhuang Ling group was significantly better than in the zinc sulphate group. Furthermore, in both groups, the level of hair zinc were markedly increased; the ultrastructure of hair was recovered; and the activity of macrophages was enhanced.
ISSN:0255-2922