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- Title
Stir-Fried White Pepper Can Treat Diarrhea in Infants and Children Efficiently: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Authors
Cheng-Qiang Jin; Yan-Xia Jia; Hai-Xin Dong; Jian-Wei Zhou; Guang-Fei Sun; Yu-Yan Zhang; Qing Zhao; Bi-Ying Zheng
- Abstract
We evaluated the efficacy and safety of stir-fried white pepper in the treatment of infant and children diarrhea. This was a randomized trial conducted in the pediatric emergency department of the hospital affiliated to Jining Medical College. One hundred seventy four patients were selected from outpatients from 2011 to 2012. Participants were randomly assigned to treatment with stir-fried white pepper (n = 88) or montmorillonite powder (n = 86). The proportions of chronic diarrhea patients (n = 52) showing success of treatment were similar for both groups. There were great differences between the two groups in acute diarrhea (n = 62) and persistent diarrhea (n = 60), and the cure rate of stir-fried white pepper was higher than montmorillonite powder in both groups. The prescription of stir-fried white pepper significantly decreased the frequency of diarrhea in infants and children under 2.5 years with diarrhea compared to treatment with montmorillonite powder, especially for the patients with acute diarrhea or persistent diarrhea.
- Subjects
CHINA; CHI-squared test; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROBABILITY theory; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILDREN
- Publication
American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 2013, Vol 41, Issue 4, p765
- ISSN
0192-415X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0192415X13500511