Table 2.

Counting and classification of leukocytes in BALF by treatment with TCM (%, $\stackrel{-}{x}\pm S$).

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; ^Δ P < 0.05 and ^ΔΔ P < 0.01 when compared with asthma group.