تلخیص
OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of herbal combination of Ivy, Thyme,
and Cisti extracts in management of acute cough in children and adults.
METHODS: An open label study was conducted to assess the efficacy of herbal
combination of Ivy, Thyme and Cisti extracts in relieving acute cough. It was
st th conducted from 1 December 2017 till 28 February 2018 in Children's Hospital
and Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore and Saifee Hospital, Karachi,
Pakistan. It was completed by 157 participants of age 2-75 years who reported
their cough frequency, severity, and bothersomeness score on a Likert scale of 0
(not at all) to 6 (extremely). Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS v.21.
RESULTS: There were 53.5% males and 46.5% females with mean age of
20.1±19.1 years. The most common clinical features with cough were sputum
(70%) and fever (70%). The age group 2-12 years included 53.5% patients who
showed significant improvement in frequency (from 4.33±1.13 to 0.69±0.97
in night time and 3.98±1.00 to 0.58±0.88 in daytime), severity (from
4.19±0.99 to 0.65±0.91 in night time and 3.99±1.13 to 0.44±0.84 in
daytime), and bothersomeness (from 4.04±1.08 to 0.46±0.83 in night time
and 3.86±1.15 to 0.48±0.85 in daytime) with three days of therapy with of Ivy,
Thyme and Cisti extracts syrup. No side effect was reported with three days of
therapy.
CONCLUSION: Our study concluded that herbal combination of Ivy, Thyme,
and Cisti extracts is an efficacious natural cough suppressant in terms of
frequency, severity and bothersomeness of cough.