Abstract:
Objective：To observe the clinical effect of external triple therapy of TCM（Infantile tuina, Moxibustion of Yu acupoints and acupoint application） in the treatment of children with recurrent respiratory tract infection（RRTI）.
Methods：A total of 90 cases of RRTI who were treated in the TCM Institute of Sichuan Provincial Academy of TCM From April to October 2015, were randomly divided into control group(45 cases) and observation group(45 cases). The observation group was given external triple therapy, while the control group was treated by Helao oral liquid. Both groups were treated for 4 weeks.Observe the clinical effect, the improvement of major and minor symptoms and the changes of immunoglobulin.
Results：The total effective rate of the observation group was 91.1% (41/45), significantly higher than the control group(73.3%,33/45)(P<0.05). The scores of major and minor symptoms were lower after treatment than before treatment in both groups with statistical difference(P<0.05). The IgG, IgA and IgM were all higher after treatment than before, and the difference was of statistical significance(P<0.05). After treatment, IgG, IgA and IgM were higher in the observation group than in the control group, and the difference was statistical(P<0.05).
Conclusion：The clinical effect of external triple therapy is better than Helao oral liquid in the treatment of children with recurrent respiratory tract infection, and the effect is quite good,so it is worthy of clinical promotion.

Key words: Recurrent respiratory tract infections, Infantile tuina, Moxibustion of Yu acupoints, Acupoint application