Clinical observation of bronchial asthma treated with qingre dingchuan decoction

Seventy patients of bronchial asthma (40 were adult and 30 child) were treated by Qingre Dingchuan decoction (QRDCD), the erythrocytic superoxide dismutase (SOD) and blood lipid peroxide (LPO) levels were observed before and after treatment. Results showed that the patients ’SOD was decreased while their LPO increased significantly than that of normal control. After treatment the LPO reduced significantly while the SOD elevated, the total effective rate of adult group was 77.5% and that of child group was 96.7%.