Abstract:ObjectiveTo observe the antiallergenic effect of Yupingfeng (YPF) in rats with ovalbuminsensitized allergic rhinitis (AR).MethodsThirty female SD rats were randomly divided into five groups including blank control group (n=2), control group (n=4), Ketotifen group (n=6), oral YPF group (n=6), intranasal YPF group (n=6), and intranasal budesonide group (n=6). Ovabumininduced animal model of AR was established in rats. Ovalbumin (1 000 ug/day) was administrated to the rats except those of the blank control group by intraperitoneal injection on days of 1, 8 and 15. Since the 22nd day, 300 ug of ovalbumin (diluted in15 ul of sterile normal saline) was applied intranasally per nostril. At the same time, medication treatment started and lasted for 2 weeks except in the blank control group. Superposition quantitative method was used to record the nasal symptom scores, and then total scores were calculated. At 37th day, all rats were executed. Abdominal aortic blood, mucous membranes were dissected from nasal septum and bilateral lateral nasal wall. All the specimens were analyzed.ResultsCompared with other groups, reductions in symptom scores, ciliated epithelium injury, serum histamine level, counts of eosinophil and goblet cell in nasal mucous membrane were observed in both oral and intranasal YPF groups.ConclusionYupingfeng has antiallergic effects on allergic rhinitis.