This paper systematically studies relevant literatures at home and abroad in recent years. China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI) was used to collect the literatures for acute
pharyngitis treated with
traditional Chinese medicine from January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2016, and the bibliometric method was employed for statistical analysis. A total of 493 papers were preliminarily selected. According to the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, 182 eligible articles were selected. According to the evaluation and analysis of the literatures, the Guidelines for Clinical Research of New Drugs is currently used as the common standards for the diagnosis and treatment of acute
pharyngitis; Chinese
patent medicines are the main
traditional Chinese medicine for treating this disease; Decoctions for treatment of this disease include Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, Scutellariae Radix, Platycodonis Radix, Forsythiae Fructus,
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, Scrophdlariae
Radix, Isatidis Radix, and Ophiopogonis Radix; The
bloodletting puncture is the common external
therapy.
Traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine have their own characteristics in the treatment of this disease. Western medicine for the treatment of acute
pharyngitis are mainly
antiviral,
antibiotic and
glucocorticoid drugs, whose disadvantages are toxicity,
side effects, drug resistance and double
infections.
Traditional Chinese medicine doctors have rich experiences in the treatment of the disease, which is characterized by treatment determination based on syndrome differentiation, safe and reliable medication, significant curative effect, low drug resistance, and wide varieties of
traditional Chinese medicine forms, convenient portability and taking, low price, and low toxic and side effects. It is an arduous and significant task to explore
traditional Chinese medicine, and study and develop new-type effective drugs.