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Of note, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) exhibited advantages of treating measles in using alone or combing with western medication. However, little information on the clinical study on adjunctive efficacy of TCM on measles. Therefore, the objective of this study is to observe the adjunctive efficacy of TCM in the treatment of adult measles.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Ninety-one patients diagnosed with adult measles in our hospital were enrolled for this study. All of them underwent symptomatic treatment, nutritional support therapy, and ribavirin antiviral therapy. Loxoprofen was added to the treatment regime when the body temperature exceeded 38.5\u00a0\u00b0C. The patients were stratified into two groups based on the administration of TCM, comprising 49 individuals in the TCM group and 42 individuals in the control group. Patients in the TCM group voluntarily received the following TCM prescriptions: 15\u00a0g of <jats:italic>Lonicerae Japonica<\/jats:italic>, 15\u00a0g of <jats:italic>Forsythiae Fructus<\/jats:italic>, 15\u00a0g of <jats:italic>Arnebiae Radix<\/jats:italic>, 15\u00a0g of <jats:italic>Cicadae Periostracum<\/jats:italic>, 30\u00a0g of <jats:italic>Phragmitis Rhizoma<\/jats:italic>, 10\u00a0g of <jats:italic>Anemarrhenae Rhizoma<\/jats:italic>, 6\u00a0g of <jats:italic>Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma<\/jats:italic> and 30\u00a0g of <jats:italic>Gypsum Fibrosum<\/jats:italic> was administered to patients with high fever. Decoction: 1 dose daily for 5 days. The control group received treatment without the incorporation of TCM.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>In comparison to the control group, patients in the TCM group experienced a quicker resolution of clinical symptoms (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05) and a lower complication rate (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The application of TCM in treating adult measles can shorten the duration of the disease, reduce the incidence of complications, and offers promise for wider clinical adoption and utilization.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s41065-025-00518-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,26]],"date-time":"2025-07-26T14:10:18Z","timestamp":1753539018000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A retrospective study on the efficacy of integrating traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine in the treatment of adult measles"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"162","author":[{"given":"Xiaoyan","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhongying","family":"Bao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuhong","family":"Duan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jie","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,26]]},"reference":[{"issue":"10325","key":"518_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"678","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(21)02004-3","volume":"399","author":"J H\u00fcbschen","year":"2022","unstructured":"H\u00fcbschen J, Gouandjika V, Dina J, Measles. 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