Efficacy and Safety of Herbal Steam Therapy in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients. (COPD)
Phase 2
Recruiting
- Conditions
- COPD
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1. COPD in Clinical Severity 1-3.
2. Age 40 - 90 years.
3. Symptoms over 3 months.
4.Consent to participate in research Participate as a research sample.
5. Voluntary treatment and continuous treatment. By the time of day
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with severe fatigue (mMRC = 4) or (O2sat ≤ 90%)
2. Complications from respiratory infections.
3. Patients have severe herbal allergy.
4. Patients can not communicate or evaluate.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Airway Obstruction before and after received herbal steam therapy: total 12 times Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life in COPD before received herbal steam therapy and after received herbal steam therapy in 3,6,9,12 times COPD assessment test