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eCAM 2007 4(2):241-246; doi:10.1093/ecam/nel082
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© 2006 The Author(s).
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Efficacy of Sanfujiu to Treat Allergies: Patient Outcomes at 1 Year after Treatment

Chen-Jei Tai1,2, Chia-Pei Chang1, Chung-Yu Huang1 and Li-Yin Chien3

1Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, 2Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University and 3Institute of Community Health Nursing, National Yang-Ming University Taipei, Taiwan

Sanfujiu is a treatment method of applying herbal paste onto the acupoints Fengmen and Feishu during the three hottest days of summer to treat patients with allergies. The objectives of this study were to determine the treatment efficacy at 1 year after the Sanfujiu treatment, and examine variations in the perceived efficacy of Sanfujiu among different subgroups, based on the patients' ages, diagnoses and number of reactive symptoms immediately after the treatment. We enrolled 105 patients who completed Sanfujiu treatment at a medical university hospital in Taipei as the subjects. One year after treatment, trained interviewers conducted telephone interviews with the patients. Approximately 60% of them perceived the treatment as being effective at 1 year later, which was higher than that at 1 week after treatment (45.7%). Younger subjects (<19 years of age) and patients with asthma were more likely to report the treatment as being effective. Patients who had more reactive symptoms after the third Sanfujiu treatment were more likely to report the treatment as being effective. The results demonstrated that Sanfujiu was moderately effective, as perceived by patients in Taiwan, in treating their allergic symptoms.

Keywords: allergy – Sanfujiu – therapeutic effect – traditional Chinese medicine

For reprints and all correspondence: Li-Yin Chien, National Yang Ming University, 155 Li-Nong Street, Sec. 2, Peitou, Taipei 106, Taiwan. Tel: +886-2-28267142; Fax: +886-2-28238614; E-mail: lychien{at}ym.edu.tw

Received February 17, 2006; accepted September 25, 2006


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