Modern approaches to acute bronchitis pharmacotherapy. Benefits of herbal medicine
A.V. Shchulkin
Ryazan State Medical University
Bronchitis is an inflammatory pulmonary disease without the infiltrative changes formation in the parenchyma. The incidence of acute bronchitis in Russia rates on average 75–250 per 1000 children annually, i.e. by 2 orders of magnitude higher than the pneumonia incidence. According to the clinical recommendations of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation on the acute bronchitis treatment in children, it is not recommended to prescribe antibiotics, antihistamines, and electrical procedures and use mustard plaster and burn bandage. Mucolytic and expectorant means are recommended in the presence of dense sputum. The herbal medicine role in the treatment of cough is difficult to overestimate. Drugs, including extracts of thyme grass, ivy leaves, and primrose roots, are effective for the cough treatment. Thyme herb has a secretolytic, expectorant, bronchospasmolytic, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, whereas i vy leaves and primrose root have an expectorant and antispasmodic effect on the respiratory tract. One of the most studied and effective herbal remedies for the acute bronchitis treatment is the Bronchipret® syrup (thyme herb and ivy leaves extracts combination) and Bronchipret® TP (thyme herb and primrose root extracts combination). Bronchipret® and Bronchipret® TP efficacy and safety in the acute bronchitis pharmacotherapy has been proven in numerous clinical studies, the most significant of which are discussed in this review.
Keywords: bronchitis, tracheobronchitis, cough, herbal medicine, thyme herb, primrose root, ivy leaves, children, Bronchipret.
For citation: Shchulkin A.V. Modern approaches to acute bronchitis pharmacotherapy. Benefits of herbal medicine. RMJ. Medical Review. 2019;5:30–34.
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