Abstract: ObjectiveA randomized controlled clinical study of Chinese medicine in infantile diarrhea treatment was conducted to evaluate objectively and in a standard way the effect of main therapeutic method of Activating Spleen and Dissipating Dampness on infantile acute nonbacterial infectious diarrhea.
MethodsThe clinical study was designed as a prospective, multicenter,randomized,control trial.Totally 126 infants with acute nonbacterial diarrhea were allocated into test group A,test group B and the control group in proportion of 1∶1∶1 with central randomization system.The treatment of Chinese herb,Chinese herb combined with massage and Montmorillonite powder was applied to the three groups respectively.
ResultsSignificant effect rate in test group A,test group B and the control group was 51.16%，65.17%，34.15%，respectively,and there was a significant difference(P＜0.05) in the three groups.(2)On the second day of treatment,there was a significant difference on changing characters of stool in the three groups(P＜0.05).(3)The antidiarrheal time of test group A,test group B and the control group was （4.30±2.39）days，（4.31±2.79）days，（5.49±2.69）days，which showed no significant difference by statistical analysis(P＞0.05).
ConclusionsChinese medicine group and Chinese herb combined with massage are superior to Montmorillonite powder on changing characters of stool.

Key words: Diarrhea, Diarrhea/TCM therapy, Massage, Children