[A comparative study of conservative treatment schemes in chronic tonsillitis in children]. / Sravnitel'noe izuchenie nekotorykh skhem konservativnogo lecheniia khronicheskogo tonzillita u detei.

Three schemes of conservative treatment of chronic tonsillitis in children are compared. Chelidonium majus L. tincture improved tonsillar function, cellular and humoral immunity, nonspecific resistance, promoted a reduction in the number of recurrences.

[An assessment of the immune status of the mucosal membranes in chronic rhinosinusitis]. / Otsenka immunnogo statusa slizistykh obolochek pri khronicheskom rinosinusite.

The authors studied immune status of upper respiratory tracts mucosa in patients with different forms of chronic rhinosinusitis (purulent, polypous, vasomotor) in comparison to control subjects. An original complex of laboratory diagnostic techniques is proposed which can assess functional condition of the defense barriers of the upper respiratory tract mucosa in chronic inflammation, estimate impairment of specific and nonspecific resistance. This facilitates choice of optimal scheme of pathogenetic therapy of chronic inflammation in the upper respiratory tracts.

[The effect of medicinal herbs on lymphocyte rosette-forming function]. / Vliianie lekarstvennykh trav na rozetkoobrazuiushchuiu funktsiiu limfotsitov.

The blood samples from ENT patients with immunodeficiency were used in an in vitro trial of some herbs effect on T-lymphocyte rosette formation. Out of 10% infusions made of Hypericum L., Matricaria chamomilla L., Chelidonium L., Salvia officinalis L., Mentha L., stimulation of rosette formation was recorded only after introduction of Matricaria chamomilla L. and Chelidonium L. infusions.