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Table 1 Laboratory, immunology and safety testing. Blood work was ordered by allergist prior to the TCM visit and 12 months after use of TCM

From: Improvement of skin lesions in corticosteroid withdrawal-associated severe eczema by multicomponent traditional Chinese medicine therapy

 

Pre-TCM

12M of TCM

Reference range

Total serum IgE (K/µL)

19,000

4630

<100

While blood cells (cells/µL)

11

6.1

4.3–12.4

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

13.7

13.1

10.9–14.8

Platelets (K/µL)

479

382

190–459

Absolute eosinophil (× 103)

1

0.4

0–0.3

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.54

0.48

0.37–0.62

Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)

29

26

0–60

Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)

20

12

0–25