Astragalus and Improved Treatment Efficacy for Radiation-Induced Pulmonary Injury

• Chinese Medicines for Preventing and Treating Radiation-Induced Pulmonary Injury: Still a Long Way to Go.

  • 2019-09-05
  • Review
  • Frontiers in pharmacology 10
  • • Yan Ding
    • Yuechao Liu
    • Hongliang Li
    • Yong Li
    • Minglun Li
    • Ming Liu
    • Xianhe Wang
    • Fengjun Cao
    • Xuanbin Wang

  • PubMed: 31616288
  • DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00927

  2 Insights on

  • Improved Treatment Efficacy for Radiation-Induced Pulmonary Injury

  • Low evidence

  The top five most frequently used CMs were ... Paeoniae Radix Rubra (with a frequency of 5.08%)...CMs (alone and combined with Western medical treatment) for treating RIPI exerted a higher efficacy rate than that of the control groups (78.33% vs. 28.09%, P < 0.001).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes