Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Respiratory Tract Infectious Diseases: Prevention and Treatments

• In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils against Streptococcus pyogenes, Julien Sfeir, Corinne Lefrançois, Dominique Baudoux, Séverine Derbré, and Patricia Licznar
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 269161, 9 pages
• Astragalus in the Prevention of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, Chuan Zou, Guobin Su, Yuchi Wu, Fuhua Lu, Wei Mao, and Xusheng Liu
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 352130, 10 pages
• Chinese Medicine Injection Shuanghuanglian for Treatment of Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Hongwei Zhang, Qin Chen, Weiwei Zhou, Shi Gao, Huiguang Lin, Shuifen Ye, Yihui Xu, and Jing Cai
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 987326, 7 pages
• Oral Huangqi Formulae for Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Lei Wu, Yuanbin Chen, Yinji Xu, Xinfeng Guo, Xiaoyan Li, Anthony Lin Zhang, Brian H. May, Charlie Changli Xue, Zehuai Wen, and Lin Lin
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 705315, 14 pages
• The Protective Effect of Alpha-Lipoic Acid in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Lung Injury Is Mediated by Heme Oxygenase-1, Yu-Chieh Lin, Yuan-Shu Lai, and Tz-Chong Chou
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 590363, 12 pages
• The Chinese Herbal Medicine Formula Sheng-Fei-Yu-Chuan-Tang Suppresses Th2 Responses and Increases IFNγ in Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus Induced Chronic Asthmatic Mice, Chia-Hung Lin, Ching-Hua Yeh, Li-Jen Lin, Jen-Shu Wang, Shulhn-Der Wang, and Shung-Te Kao
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 984121, 11 pages
• Chinese Medicinal Herbs for Childhood Pneumonia: A Systematic Review of Effectiveness and Safety, Qianchun Yang, Darong Wu, Wei Mao, Xusheng Liu, Kun Bao, Qizhan Lin, Fuhua Lu, Chuan Zou, and Chuang Li
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 203845, 25 pages
• In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts from Plants Used Traditionally in South Africa to Treat Tuberculosis and Related Symptoms, Balungile Madikizela, Ashwell Rungano Ndhlala, Jeffrey Franklin Finnie, and Johannes Van Staden
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 840719, 8 pages
• Reduction of Airway Hyperresponsiveness by KWLL in Dermatophagoides-pteronyssinus-Challenged Mice, Chih-Che Lin, Shulhn-Der Wang, Li-Jen Lin, Hong-Jye Hong, Chin-Jen Wu, Chung-Jen Chiang, Yun-Peng Chao, and Shung-Te Kao
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 262391, 9 pages
• Treatment of Common Cold Patients with the Shi-Cha Capsule: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Escalation Trial, Jing Chang, Shou-Jin Dong, Bin She, Rui-Ming Zhang, Mao-Bin Meng, Yan-Ling Xu, Li-Ling Wan, Ke-Hua Shi, Jun-Hun Pan, and Bing Mao
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 254571, 9 pages
• In Vivo Anti-Influenza Virus Activity of Japanese Herbal (Kampo) Medicine, “Shahakusan,” and Its Possible Mode of Action, Rei Hokari, Takayuki Nagai, and Haruki Yamada
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 794970, 13 pages
• Sarcandra glabra Extract Reduces the Susceptibility and Severity of Influenza in Restraint-Stressed Mice, Hui-Juan Cao, Rui-Rong Tan, Rong-Rong He, Lu-Ping Tang, Xin-Luan Wang, Nan Yao, Wen-Jun Duan, Yuan-Ao Hu, Xin-Sheng Yao, and Hiroshi Kurihara
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 236539, 12 pages