Abstract:
Objective
To observe the clinical effect of the treatment with Big Chaiqin lavipeditum prescription for children with pneumonia, cough and fever.
Methods
From September 2016 to December, 80 children with pneumonia, cough and fever were admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group, with 40 cases in each group. The two groups were treated with conventional antiinfection treatment; when patients' axillary temperature was higher than 37.4 ℃, the treatment group was given Big Chaiqin lavipeditum prescription for foot bathing for 30 min, and the control group was given antipyretic plaster which was put on the forehead of children; if the children's temperature rise again and again, the prescription could be reused. The changes of body temperature before and after treatment at 0.5h, 1h, 2h, 4h, 6h, 8h and 48h were observed and recorded, and the overall efficacy was evaluated after 48h of treatment.
Results
The total effective rate of the treatment group(92.5%,37/40) was significantly higher than that of the control group(72.5%,29/40), and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).The body temperature in the treatment group at 0.5h, 1h, 2h, 4h, 6h, 8h and 48h of treatment was all lower than in the control group, and there was statistical difference(P<0.05).
Conclusion
Big Chaiqin lavipeditum prescription is significantly effective in the treatment of children with pneumonia, cough and fever.

Key words: Pneumonia,cough, Fever, Big Chaiqin lavipeditum prescription, Children