Upper respiratory tract infection
Upper respiratory tract infections are considered to be the infection of
the airway above the glottis or vocal cords. This includes the nose,
sinuses, pharynx, and larynx, including the infection of tonsillitis,
pharyngitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, otitis media, etc,.
F. Treatments
F.2. In herbal medicine perspective
1. Aromatic essential oils
In a prospective randomized double-blind controlled trial whose aim was
to investigate the clinical effects of aromatic essential oils in
patients with upper respiratory tract infections with 60 patients
participated in the study (26 in the study group and 34 in the control
group) conducted by the Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute
of Technology, showed that spray application of five aromatic plants
reported in this study brings about significant and immediate
improvement in symptoms of upper respiratory ailment. This effect is not
significant after 3 days of treatment(39).
2. Andrographis paniculata (KalmCold)
In a randomized, double blind placebo controlled clinical study was
conducted to evaluate the efficacy of KalmCold, an extract of
Andrographis paniculata, in patients with uncomplicated upper
respiratory tract infection (URTI), researchers at the King George
Medical University, found that KalmCold group showed significant
reduction (p < or = 0.05) in overall symptom scores as compared to
placebo group. In both placebo and KalmCold treated groups, there were
only a few minor adverse effects with no significant difference in
occurrence (Z = 0.63; p > 0.05). The comparison of overall efficacy
of KalmCold over placebo was found to be significant (p < or = 0.05)
and it was 2.1 times (52.7%) higher than placebo(40).
3. Kan Jang
According to the study by Erebuni, Medical Centre, Yerevan, Armenia, in a
double blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical study was
carried out to evaluate the effect of an Andrographis paniculata (N.)
extract SHA-10 fixed combination, Kan Jang, in the treatment of acute
upper respiratory tract infections, including sinusitis of ninety-five
individuals in the treatment group and 90 individuals in the placebo
group, showed that the individual symptoms of headache and nasal and
throat symptoms together with general malaise showed the most
significant improvement while cough and eye symptoms did not differ
significantly between the groups. Temperature was moderately reduced in
the verum group, and concluded that Kan Jang has a positive effect in
the treatment of acute upper respiratory tract infections and also
relieves the inflammatory symptoms of sinusitis(41). Other study,
conducted by Research Institute of Pharmacology of Volgograd Medical
Academy, indicated that the symptoms of the disease were less severe in
the Kan Jang group. The effect of Kan Jang was particularly pronounced
in two objective parameters, amount of nasal secretion g/day and nasal
congestion. Kan Jang also accelerated the recovery time, whereas Immunal
did not show the same efficacy. The use of standard medication was
significantly less in the Kan Jang adjuvant group than in either the
Immunal or standard treatment group. Kan Jang treatment was well
tolerated and no side effects or adverse reactions(42).
4. Etc.
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(39) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21052500
(40) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20092985
(41) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12487322
(42) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14750201
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