Chronic Pharyngitis
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental Group:tablet candy
Control Group:Platycodon grandiflorus (Jiegeng), Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gancao),Ingredients
Sponsors
Qingdao University Qingdao Medical College
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Age range: 18 to 65 years old; (2) Meeting both Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic criteria for chronic pharyngitis; (3) Disease duration of = 3 months; (4) No relevant treatment or consumption of throat-clearing medications or foods within the past month; (5) Voluntary participation in this trial, with informed consent signed by the participant prior to the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients in the acute exacerbation phase of other chronic diseases; (2) Patients with no obvious masses observed in the throat under electronic laryngoscopy, and further of other areas such as the nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, esophagus, and neck for potential lesions causing symptoms; (3) High-risk populations, such as pregnant and breastfeeding women, and individuals with allergies to the test product; (4) Patients with severe primary diseases of the cardiovascular, liver, kidney, respiratory, circulatory, autoimmune, or hematopoietic systems, or patients with mental illness; (5) Patients who are uncooperative, have poor compliance, or have incomplete data; (6) Patients deemed by the investigator to have other factors making them unsuitable for inclusion.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| TCM Syndrome Score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| blood sample;Oropharyngeal microbiome sample;Quality of Life Score for Chronic Pharyngitis;Laryngoscope;Urinalysis;Chest X-ray;Routine Electrocardiogram; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactZhong Feng
Qingdao University
Outcome results
None listed