Inhibitory Effect of Sihuangxiechai Decoction on Ovalbumin-Induced Airway Inflammation in Guinea Pigs

Table 2

Counting and classification of leukocytes in BALF by treatment with TCM (%, 𝑥±𝑆).

Classification	Normal group	Asthma group	DXM group	TCM group
Leukocyte	8.44±1.97	17.77±1.89^∗∗	12.90±1.57^∗∗ΔΔ	13.62±2.18^∗∗ΔΔ
Neutrophils	5.08±2.62	12.34±2.61^∗∗	9.31±0.63^Δ∗∗	9.28±0.98^Δ∗∗
Epithelial cells	4.32±0.45	12.35±1.44^∗∗	1.74±0.40^∗∗ΔΔ	1.10±0.41^∗∗ΔΔ
Eosinophilic	4.01±1.93	45.05±6.64^∗∗	15.08±2.60^∗∗ΔΔ	14.69±2.92^∗∗ΔΔ
Lymphocytes	3.90±0.97	4.20±0.51	2.60±1.30^∗Δ	2.93±0.43^∗Δ
Macrophage-monocytes	83.04±3.01	25.42±6.21^∗∗	72.00±5.59^∗∗ΔΔ	73.62±5.59^∗∗ΔΔ

^∗𝑃<0.05 and **𝑃<0.01 when compared with normal group; ^Δ𝑃<0.05 and ^ΔΔ𝑃<0.01 when compared with asthma group.