Study on Asthma TCM Syndrome and Lymphocyte Subsets with the Media,Changes in Endogenous Cortisol / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the relation between TCM type of asthma and the immune and endocrine disorders.Method One hundred and fifty six cases of asthma patients were differentiated with type of western medicine and TCM.Interleukin-1(IL-1),IL-6,tumor necrosis factor ?(TNF-?),adrenocorticotropic hormone(ACTH),cortisol(CS) and growth hormone(GH) were detected by RIA.Corticotropin-releasing hormone(CRH) was tested by ELISA.Lymphocyte subsets and apoptosis were detected with flow cytometry.Results The average age of virtual Asthma was older than other types of TCM(P