Summary of Professor Shen’s Experience in Treating Cough

Professor Shen pays attention to the simultaneous treatment of lung and stomach in the clinical treatment of cough. Professor Shen emphasized that the treatment of cough should be based on comprehensive judgments such as cough, phlegm, individual quality, general condition and pay attention to protecting the spleen and stomach while relieving cough. In the treatment, he is good at formulating prescriptions, using mulberry leaves and almonds, Uncaria and mint, Platycodonis Radix and Fritillaria thunbergii, Scutellariae Radix and Atractylodes macrocephala. Professor Shen pays attention to the impact of climate change on coughing. In the treatment of coughs occur in spring, he emphasizes on calming the liver and eliminating wind, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid while relieving the lung, relieving cough, resolving phlegm and relieving asthma. In the treatment of cough in autumn and winter, he focused on clearing, cooling and moisturizing, promoting body fluid and moisturizing. Nourish the viscera. Professor Shen inherited the style of ancient Lingnan medicine, and used the special herbal medicine of Lingnan area. He selected the prescriptions according to the locality. When treating coughs, he often used the combination of Seed of Indian Trumetflower, Roughhaired Holly Root, FoliumNerviliae, Herba Strigae, etc.

Jinye Baidu granule for wind-warmth lung-heat disease(heat in the lung-wei)： protocol for a randomized, double-blind, parallel, controlled trial

OBJECTIVE: To observe the curative effect of Jinye Baidu granule in the treatment of fever and swollen and sore throat caused by wind-warmth lung-heat disease(heat in the lung-wei) to further identify the indications.METHODS: This randomized, double-blind, parallel, controlled trial will include patients with acute upper respiratory infection and wind-warmth lung-heat disease(heat in the lung-wei). Patientswith serious bacterial infection(white blood cell count > 12 × 10~9, neutrophils > 80%) will be excluded. Patients will be divided into three categories(blocks) according to their condition: fever only, a swollen and sore throat, and combined fever plus a swollen and sore throat. Patients within each of the three blocks will be further divided into a treatment group and a control group via stratified blocked randomization. The treatment group will be treated with Jinye Baidu granule, and the control group will be treated with Fufang Shuanghua granule. The primary outcome measure will be body temperature recovery time for patients with fever, throat symptom score for patients with a swollen and sore throat, and body temperature recovery time and throat symptom score for patients with combined fever plus a swollen and sore throat. Routine blood testing, urine testing, liver function, kidney function and ECG data of all patients will be collected as safety indices before and after enrollment, and adverse events will be recorded during the whole trial course.CONCLUSION: This study protocol will include stratified block analysis according to patients' symptoms, and identify the accurate clinical indications of Jinye Baidu granule. It will also enable safety evaluation from laboratory indices and adverse events, which will provide reliable evidence for clinical treatment.