Question
Should pediatric asthma be treated with traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine?
Answer
A 3-year-old child has been suffering from asthma for half a year, caused by frequent colds, with symptoms including night coughing and rapid breathing during sleep. Treatment of asthma should follow the principles of long-term, continuous, standardized, and personalized care, including rapid relief of symptoms during attacks and asthma control, as well as symptom reduction and lowering airway reactivity during the remission period. The choice of treatment plan should be based on the child’s specific condition, as the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine treatments varies, and cannot be generalized.