A Study on Efficacy of Chinese Herbal Remedy for External Ear Eczema

AI Jianwei; XUJingli; GAI Jianqing; YANXinyu; WANG Junge

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1672-2922.2017.04.017

Abstract：Objective To Evaluate efficacy of a Chinese herbal remedy (Chushi pells combined with Erjing San) in treating external ear eczema. Methods A sample of 140 patients (153 ears) with external ear eczema treated at Beijing Chinese Medicine hospital from March 2015 to May 2016 were randomly selected to be treated with either oral Chu-shi pells and topical Erjing San (both Chinese herbal preparations) (the treatment group, n=70), or cetirizine hydrochloride tablets and mometasone furoate cream (the control group, n=70). Local lesion improvement and recurrence in the two groups were compared at different treatment times. Results At two weeks of treatment, the rate of complete resolution was 53.2%for the treatment group and 47.6%for the control group (P>0.05). The total effectiveness rate for the treat-ment group (85.3%) was slightly higher than that for the control group (70.6%) (P<0.05). The effectiveness rate in treat-ing the exudate type was 92.4% for the treatment group and 72.5% for the control group (P<0.05). The effectiveness rate for treating the non-exudate type was 78.2% for the treatment group and 69.2% for the control group (P>0.05). The recurrence rates for the treatment and control groups was 14.9%and 40%respectively by 3 months follow-up (P<0.05). Conclusions The Chinese herbal remedy is clearly effective in treating external ear eczema, with some advantag-es in recurrence control and safety.