acute upper respiratory tract infection (wind-heat cold syndrome) in children
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosed as acute upper respiratory infection according to western medicine diagnostic criteria; 2. Diagnosed as Tradition Chinese Medicine syndrome with wind-heat cold syndrome; 3. Aged 1 to 12 years old; 4. Disease progression within 48 hours and the highest axillary temperature <38.5 degree Celsius before entering the group; 5. The informed consent procedure is in accordance with the provisions, and the legal representative or the child (=10 years) will sign the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children with bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections; 2. WBC>1.2 ULN, N>1.0 ULN or CRP>1.5 ULN, possibly have a bacterial infection; 3. The patients were treated with traditional Chinese medicine or western medicine for the disease within 48 hours before entering the group; 4. Children with a history of epilepsy or hyperpyretic convulsion;Children with repeated respiratory infections; 5. Children with severe malnutrition, rickets or combined with other severe systemic disease such as cardiovascular , brain, liver, kidney and hematopoietic system, etc; 6. Children with mental illness; 7. Children who are allergic to experimental drugs; 8. Children who have participated in clinical trials of other drugs within three months; 9. Children who were not suitable for the clinical research according to the investigator.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time for the main clinical symptoms(fever, stuffy nose, runny nose, sore throat, cough) disappeared; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time needed for full defervescence;Instant time for defervescence;Efficacy for TCM syndromes;Single TCM syndromes; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Dongzhimen Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine