Research Article
Identifying Core Herbal Treatments for Children with Asthma: Implication from a Chinese Herbal Medicine Database in Taiwan
Table 2
Single herbs (SH) frequently used for asthmatic children in Taiwan (total prescriptions: 24,650).
| | English name | Latin name | Indication | Average dose (gm/day) | Prevalence (%) |
| | Zhe Bei Mu | Fritillaria thunbergii Miq. | Lung heat with phlegm | 4.2 | 3,605 (14.6%) | | Xing Ren | Prunus armeniaca L. | Constipation | 3.3 | 2,633 (10.7%) | | Jie Geng | Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC. | Lung phlegm, pus | 3.6 | 2,629 (10.7%) | | Huang Qin | Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi | Lung heat, phlegm | 3.7 | 1,991 (8.1%) | | Yu Xing Cao | Houttuynia cordata Thunb. | Lung heat, pus | 4.1 | 1,634 (6.6%) | | Gan Cao | Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. | Cough, smooth muscle spasm | 2.1 | 1,413 (5.7%) | | Gua Lou Zi | Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. or Trichosanthes rosthornii Harms. | Lung heat, phlegm, constipation | 3.7 | 1,379 (5.6%) | | Sang Bai Pi | Morus alba L. | Lung heat | 3.3 | 1,314 (5.3%) | | Qian Hu | Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn | Lung heat, phlegm | 3.7 | 1,176 (4.8%) | | Kuan Dong Hua | Tussilago farfara L. | Lung phlegm, cough | 3.0 | 1,007 (4.1%) |
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