Introduction:
Simple obesity is a type of obesity that does not involve other diseases or medical factors. Obesity is a serious public health problem in children and has become more serious because of the social distancing caused by the coronavirus disease 2019. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of herbal medicine for the treatment of simple childhood obesity.
Methods and analysis:
We will search 11 international databases, namely Medline, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, the Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System, the Research Information Service System, DataBase Periodical Information Academic, Wanfang, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and the Chongqing VIP Chinese Science and Technology Journals Database. We will include randomised controlled trials on the application of herbal medicine on children with simple obesity. We will assess the quality of included studies using the Cochrane Handbook criteria version 5.2.0. We will synthesise and analyse the collected data using RevMan 5.3 software.
Ethics and dissemination:
Ethical approval is not required because there are no privacy concerns. The findings of this systematic review will be disseminated in a peer-reviewed journal.
OSF registration number:
DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/KCNPX.
Background:
Short stature (SS) is a state of two or more standard deviations below the average height of the same age and gender. Growth hormone (GH) and herbal medicine are commonly used treatments for SS in East Asia. In this review, we will evaluate the comparative effectiveness and safety of GH monotherapy and combination therapy with herbal medicine and GH for SS.
Methods and analysis:
In this study, randomized controlled trials and quasi- randomised controlled trials will be searched through various databases, including trial registries and databases in Korea, China, and Japan. The risk of bias will be evaluated through the Cochrane handbook criteria.
Ethics and dissemination:
The data used for this review is not the patient's personal information. Therefore, ethical approval is not required. This systematic review will be published and disseminated in peer-reviewed journals.
OSF registration number:
DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/NMY5G.
Objectives: Plantar wart is a common viral skin disease caused by human papillomavirus infection and poses a therapeutic challenge in the paediatric patient population. Acupuncture and moxibustion are effective treatments for a wide range of skin conditions.Case report: This study presents the case of a 9-year-old girl for whom complete resolution of recalcitrant warts was achieved with acupuncture and moxibustion treatment.Results: After 20-week treatment, the wart lesions and pain were completely resolved. At the 6-month follow-up, the lesions remained fully resolved.Conclusion: This result suggests that acupuncture and moxibustion could be effective therapeutic strategies for plantar warts.
Although warts are a common skin condition/disease that recurs in childhood, treatment completion is difficult owing to the pain associated with conventional therapies. In this case, Korean herbal medicine, Guijakjihwang-Tang, and indirect moxibustion was used to treat a recalcitrant cutaneous wart without pain and recurrence. A 7-year-old boy presented with recurrent cutaneous warts on his right hand and received cryotherapy 3 times in the previous year. The wart recurred during the course of cryotherapy treatment, and the patient did not want to suffer any more pain from the previous treatment. Therefore, parents sought an efficient and painless therapy. The patient was treated for 2 months using Guijakjihwang-Tang combined with indirect moxibustion. The prominent lesion separated in the 2nd month of treatment and completely recovered without adverse events in the 3rd month. There was no recurrence over 12 months of follow-up. This report provides meaningful insights into the use of Korean medicine as a safe, painless and efficient treatment for warts in pediatric patients.
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