Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of herbal combination of Ivy, Thyme,
and Cisti extracts in management of acute cough in children and adults.
METHODS: An open label study was conducted to assess the efficacy of herbal
combination of Ivy, Thyme and Cisti extracts in relieving acute cough. It was
st th conducted from 1 December 2017 till 28 February 2018 in Children's Hospital
and Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore and Saifee Hospital, Karachi,
Pakistan. It was completed by 157 participants of age 2-75 years who reported
their cough frequency, severity, and bothersomeness score on a Likert scale of 0
(not at all) to 6 (extremely). Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS v.21.
RESULTS: There were 53.5% males and 46.5% females with mean age of
20.1±19.1 years. The most common clinical features with cough were sputum
(70%) and fever (70%). The age group 2-12 years included 53.5% patients who
showed significant improvement in frequency (from 4.33±1.13 to 0.69±0.97
in night time and 3.98±1.00 to 0.58±0.88 in daytime), severity (from
4.19±0.99 to 0.65±0.91 in night time and 3.99±1.13 to 0.44±0.84 in
daytime), and bothersomeness (from 4.04±1.08 to 0.46±0.83 in night time
and 3.86±1.15 to 0.48±0.85 in daytime) with three days of therapy with of Ivy,
Thyme and Cisti extracts syrup. No side effect was reported with three days of
therapy.
CONCLUSION: Our study concluded that herbal combination of Ivy, Thyme,
and Cisti extracts is an efficacious natural cough suppressant in terms of
frequency, severity and bothersomeness of cough.
Muhammad Nasir Rana, Muhammad Khalid Masood, Uzma Fahim, Anum Sohail Siddiqui. (2019) EFFECTIVENESS OF HERBAL COMBINATION OF IVY, THYME AND CISTI EXTRACTS IN MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE COUGH IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS, KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL, Volume 11, Issue 3.
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