Successful management of chronic urticaria and food allergies in a pediatric population using integrative traditional Chinese medicine therapy: a case series

Fan X, McKnight T, Neshiwat J, Park S, Chung D, Li XM · Clinical and Molecular Allergy · 2022 November 25

Objective

This is a retrospective case study of three pediatric patients with chronic, recalcitrant hives who achieved dramatic symptom improvement following TCM therapy.

Conclusions

Three pediatric patients with a known history of multiple food sensitivities and physician-diagnosed food allergies that presented with frequent, persistent, and difficult to treat hives (FPDTH) underwent a TCM regimen and experienced dramatic improvement in symptoms and reduction in their IgE levels.

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