الملخص
Objective To observe the effect of applying nourishing kidney and ventilating lung combined with western medicine in treating cough variant asthma (CVA) patients with kidney yang deficiency. Method Eighty CVA patients with kidney yang deficiency were divided into contrast group and therapeutic group, each group with 40 patients. The patients in contrast group were treated with Aminophylline sustained-release tablet, 0.1～0.2 g, 2 times a day, as well as Ketotifen tablet, 1 mg, 1 time a day, p.o. As for the therapeutic group, the patients were treated with Chinese herbs of nourishing kidney and ventilating lung based on the treatment of contrast group. One course was 4 weeks for the two groups, and the evaluation were carried out in the fifth week. Results After the treatment, CD8+ ascended significantly, and CD4+ and IgE descended significantly compared with the pre-treatment. There were significant differences between two groups (P