No effect of a traditional Chinese medicine, Hochu-ekki-to, on antibody titer after influenza vaccination in man: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

Phytomedicine : International Journal of Phytotherapy and Phytopharmacology
K HamazakiT Hamazaki

Abstract

It was shown that a traditional Chinese medicine, Hochu-ekki-to (HET), had adjuvant effects in influenza vaccination in an animal experiment. This, however, could not be assessed in a clinical study. Thirty-two healthy subjects were randomly assigned to two groups (control and HET groups) in a double-blind manner. HET subjects (n=17) took 7.5 g of HET/day for two weeks; control subjects took the same amount of indistinguishable placebo. Then subjects were vaccinated against influenza (H1N1, H3N2 and B/Shandong). Hemagglutinin titers and natural killer (NK) activity were measured at weeks 0, 1, 2, 4, and 12. Antiinfluenza titers against the three viruses were increased continuously for the first two weeks and leveled off. However, there were no significant differences in any titers between the two groups. NK activity peaked at week 2 without any inter-group differences. We could not find any adjuvant effects of HET in this experimental condition.

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