Research into analgesia by inhaling analgesic

J Tradit Chin Med. 1996 Mar;16(1):7-14.

Abstract

This article deals with analgesia by inhaling analgesic. According to Chinese medical theories, TCM analgesics were chosen from the literature and folk prescriptions screened and proved by analgesic tests on animals. A reasonable prescription was made up and the drug inhaled. Its analgesic effect was superior to that of dolantin injection (3 mg/kg body weight, intraperitoneal injection). Clinical trials showed its analgesic effect in 3-10 minutes and it lasted for more than 2 hours in over 70% of the cases for a total effective rate of 94.6%. The drug is absorbed quickly and acts directly on the nerve center. Its use is not addictive.

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Inhalation
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / administration & dosage*
  • Animals
  • Child
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / administration & dosage*
  • Dysmenorrhea / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain / drug therapy*
  • Pain Threshold / drug effects
  • Pain, Intractable / drug therapy
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Substances

  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal