The effect of prednisolon and celery seed in treatment of chronic bronchial asthma

Abstract EN

The effectiveness of some drugs and plants in management and prophylaxis of chronic asthma have been explored in this study.

The tested agent used solely or in combination as mixture in order to increase the pharmacological efficacy or to decrease the hazardous effects by using the alternatives from plants. The present study was carried out in the college hospital of kadhumia teaching University .

fifty adult patients of both sexes were involved in this study. Addition of celery seed to prednisolone lead to improvement of pulmonary function from 78.30 ± 3.39 % , 2.25 ± 0.16 L before treatment to 84.75 ± 3.35 %, 3.06 ± 0.05 L respectively after treatment The improvement in pulmonary function after treatment with celery seeds coincides with significant increase in Calcium, magnesium and selenium levels in serum.