초록
The cough is one of the most common respiratory symptom in children. Boeumjunggi-tang(BEJG) is herbal medicine mainly treat cough due to yin deficiency(陰虛咳嗽) in Oriental Medicine. During 3 momths from February, 1, 2000 to April, 30, 2000, BEGJ is administered to the pediatric out-patients with the cough due to yin deficiency have visited Pundang Dongguk Oriental medicine Hospital and among these patients, this study is performed for 50 patients of which the result of treatment could be gained. The conclusion is following. 1. In the distribution of patients, male(60%) is more than female(40%) and group of age in between 1 and 6 years(76%) are the first. 2. In the type of cough, group of chronic(more than 3 weeks), and group that the symptom make worse in night are the most. 3. In the distribution of remedial effect, group of symptom-relieved is the first(58%), symptom-disappearing is second(22%), symptom-unchanging is third(14%), symptom-aggravated is fifth(6%). 4. The chracteristic of cough have little influence on the remedial effect of BEGJ.
