scholarly journals Traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of acute respiratory tract infections

2008 ◽  
Vol 102 (8) ◽  
pp. 1093-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taixiang Wu ◽  
Xunzhe Yang ◽  
Xiaoxi Zeng ◽  
Phillippa Poole
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Acute Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Tract Infections

A comprehensive review of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic in animals: exploration of interaction with antibiotics of Shuang-Huang-Lian preparations

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liuyi Liang ◽  
Xin Jin ◽  
Jinjing Li ◽  
Rong Li ◽  
Xinyi Jiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Pharmacokinetic Interaction ◽  
Pharmacological Action ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
System Review ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Important Significance

: As a traditional Chinese medicine, Shuang-Huang-Lian (SHL) has been widely used for treating infectious diseases of the respiratory tract such as encephalitis, pneumonia and asthma. During the past few decades, considerable research has focused on the pharmacological action, pharmacokinetic interaction with antibiotics and clinical applications of SHL. A huge and more recent body of pharmacokinetic study supports the combination of SHL and antibiotics has different effects such as antagonism and synergism. SHL has been one of the best-selling traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products. However, there is no system review of SHL preparations, ranging from protection against respiratory tract infections to interaction with antibiotics. Since their important significance in clinical therapy, the pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, and interactions with antibiotics of SHL were reviewed and discussed. In addition, this review attempts to explore the possible potential mechanism of SHL preparations in prevention and treatment of COVID-19. We are concerned about what is known of the effects of SHL against virus, bacterium, and its interactions with antibiotics, providing a new strategy for expanding the clinical research and medication of SHL preparations.

scholarly journals Data Mining and Systematic Pharmacology to Reveal the Mechanisms of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Recurrent Respiratory Tract Infections’ Treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Changyong Luo ◽  
He Yu ◽  
Tao Yang ◽  
Chen Bai ◽  
Bing He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Target Genes ◽  
Endocrine System ◽  
Kegg Pathways ◽  
Paeoniae Radix ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Recurrent Respiratory Tract Infections

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was widely used in the treatment of recurrent respiratory tract infections (RRTIs) in East Asia, but its mechanism was not clear because of its complex prescription rules. This research prospectively collected 100 prescriptions of RRTI children treated with TCM. The characteristics of TCM in prescriptions were described and analyzed, and the rules of prescriptions were analyzed by hierarchical clustering and association rules. The results showed that the principle of RRTI was to pay equal attention to cold and mild, and six new meaningful prescriptions were obtained. Among them, the new prescription composed of Astragali Radix (Huangqi), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui), and Paeoniae Radix Rubra (Chishao) was an important method to treat RRTI. In order to explore the mechanism of the new prescription, the research obtained the action target of each herb of the core prescription on Integrative Pharmacology-based Research Platform of Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCMIP v2.0. The target genes were enriched by Metascape, and 93 Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways were obtained. According to the classification and statistics of KEGG type, it was found that the new prescription mainly intervened in the metabolic pathway dominated by amino acid metabolism. In addition, there were also many interventions in the nervous system-, endocrine system-, and digestive system-related pathways. This study summarized the prescription rule of TCM in the treatment of RRTI, analyzed the mechanism of supplementing deficiency, and provided a new idea for the treatment of RRTI.

scholarly journals Extracellular amoebal-vesicles: potential transmission vehicles for respiratory viruses

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafik Dey ◽  
Melanie A. Folkins ◽  
Nicholas J. Ashbolt
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Respiratory Viruses ◽  
Environmental Persistence ◽  
Viral Dissemination ◽  
Acute Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
Tract Infections

AbstractHuman respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of acute respiratory tract infections in children and immunocompromised adults worldwide. Here we report that amoebae-release respirable-sized vesicles containing high concentrations of infectious RSV that persisted for the duration of the experiment. Given the ubiquity of amoebae in moist environments, our results suggest that extracellular amoebal-vesicles could contribute to the environmental persistence of respiratory viruses, including potential resistance to disinfection processes and thereby offering novel pathways for viral dissemination and transmission.

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