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Volume 6, Issue 6 (Suppl) Med Aromat Plants
ISSN: 2167-0412 MAP, an open access journal Herbals Summit 2017
October 18-20, 2017
October 18-20, 2017 Osaka, Japan
3rd Global Summit on
Herbals & Traditional Medicine
Efficacy and safety of herbal hot steam bath in allergic rhinitis
Parunkul Tungsukruthai, Preecha Nootim, Wiwan Wiwatpanich and Nareerat Tabtong
Thammasat University, Thailand
Allergic Rhinitis (AR) is a nasal mucosa inflammatory disorder that induced by an allergen exposure resulting in four
symptoms including rhinorrhea, sneezing, nasal itching and nasal congestion. Allergic rhinitis may results in sleep
disturbance, fatigue and quality of life impairment. The objective to examine the efficacy and safety in reducing allergic rhinitis
of herbal steam bath compared to the steam bath and to investigate the quality of life improvement and satisfaction in allergic
rhinitis patients. A single-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted on 64 subjects who equally allocated into two
groups. The treatment group was received herbal steam bath and the control group was received steam bath without herbs for
30 minutes 3 times a week for 4 consecutive weeks. Allergic rhinitis symptoms were measured using the Visual Analogue Scale
(VAS) including itchy nose, runny nose, sneezing, nasal congestion and watery eyes at week 0, 1, 2, 3 and week 4. Quality of
life was assessed at week 0 and week 4 fond that the characteristics (sex, age, status, education, allergic rhinitis symptoms and
frequency of symptoms) at the baseline were shown to be non-statistically significant. In addition, rhinorrhea, sneezing, nasal
itching and nasal congestion symptoms statistically reduced (p value<0.05), but non-significance when compared between
treatment and control group. The treatment group was also shown to be significantly satisfied when compared to control group
(p<0.05). Both herbal steam bath and normal steam bath had effectiveness in reducing symptoms of allergic rhinitis and were
safe to be used as an alternative treatment for allergic rhinitis.
Biography
Parunkul Tunsukruthai has completed her PhD in Medical Sciences in 2007 from Thammasat University in Thailand. She is currently a Lecturer at Chulabhorn
International College of Medicine, Thammasat University in Thailand. She has published several papers about herbal medicine, puerperium care, Thai massage to
relief shoulder pain and acute and sub-chronic toxicity study Thai traditional formula.
Parunkul Tungsukruthai et al., Med Aromat Plants 2017, 6:6 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0412-C1-014