Guidelines on common cold for Traditional Chinese Medicine based on pattern differentiation

OBJECTIVE: To establish the guidelines on common cold treated with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in terms of pattern identification. METHODS: The guidelines were formulated by using the basic patterns of common cold in ChinaPharmacopeia integrated with findings from systematic literature review and the experts' consensus on the issue in question. RESULTS: Common cold was divided into four patterns in the guidelines. The medications were recommended respectively: Ganmaoqingre granule for wind-cold exterior syndrome,Yinqiaojiedu granule for wind-heat exterior syndrome, Huoxiangzhengqi Wan for summer-heat dampness exterior syndrome and Shensu Wan for wind-cold exterior syndrome accompanied with Qi deficiency. CONCLUSION: The guidelines were primarily derived from the practice experience of TCM and the experts' consensus. The process was not strictly evidence-based because of lacking enough clinical studies. Further refinement of the guidelines should be needed as more studies are available.

Sini decoction as an adjuvant therapy for angina pectoris:a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

OBJECTIVE: To systematically assess the effects and safety of Sini decoction as an adjuvant therapy for patients with angina pectoris.METHODS: We searched Pub Med, Excerpt Medica Database, the Cochrane library, Wanfang Database,China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database,China Science and Technology Journal Database from the date of its inception until August 1, in2014. Available literatures were selected according to the inclusion criteria. Two reviewers finished data extraction, checked the data and assessed the methodological quality of studies, independently.The Review Manage Software 5.1.0 was used for data analysis.RESULTS: Six trials involving 453 participants were eligible. None of the trials reported the mortality due to angina pectoris. The secondary outcomes showed that Sini decoction, together with nitroglycerin when necessary, may have some effects on reducing the number of angina attacks and the amount of nitroglycerin. But in terms of reducing the duration of angina and improvement of electrocardiogram, there were no statistical differences between Sini decoction group and isosorbide dinitrate group. Only one reported that no adverse events were found.CONCLUSION: Based on this systematic review, Sini decoction can reduce the dosage of nitroglycerin, when compared with isosorbide dinitrate group.And there were no enough evidence in the papers to draw any conclusions for the safety of Sini decoction.

Reduning Injection versus Neuraminidase Inhibitors in Treatment of Influenza:A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Objective:To perform a systematic review to assess the effectiveness and safety of Reduning Injection versus neuraminidase inhibitors in treatment of influenza.Methods:The MEDLINE,Embase,the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials(CENTRAL),Chinese Bio-medical Literature and Retrieval System(Sinomed),China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database(CNKI),China Science and Technology Journal Database(VIP),Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform and ClinicalTrails.gov were systematically searched from inception dates to May 2021 for randomized controlled trials(RCTs)exploring Reduning Injection alone or in combination with neuraminidase inhibitors in patients with influenza.Statistical analysis was performed using RevMan 5.4 and Stata 15.1.The qualities of the involved studies were assessed by the risk of bias according to the Cochrane handbook.The evidence quality of each outcome was evaluated by GRADEpro GDT.Results:Twelve trials with 1,460 patients were included.The included studies had a certain unclear or high risk of bias.Reduning Injection appeared to be more effective in shortening the fever clearance time(MD:-16.20 h,95%CI:-19.40 to-12.99,7 trials,814 patients,I^(2)=94%,very low certainty),fever alleviation time(MD:-4.09 h,95%CI:-4.22 to-3.96,3 trials,366 patients,I^(2)=0%,low certainty),cough alleviation time(MD:-21.34 h,95%CI:-41.56 to-1.11,2 trials,228 patients,I^(2)=89%,very low certainty),fatigue alleviation time(MD:-31.83 h,95%CI:-36.88 to-26.77,2 trials,270 patients,I^(2)=0%,low certainty),sore throat alleviation time(MD:-28.66 h,95%CI:-32.23 to-25.10,1 trial,150 patients,low certainty),and improving the total effective rate(RR:1.15,95%CI:1.06 to 1.25,10 trials,1,074 patients,I^(2)=76%,very low certainty).Besides,Reduning Injection seemed generally safe.Conclusions:This study provided low or very low evidence indicating Reduning Injection may be effective in the treatment of influenza and might be safe.Further rigorously designed studies are needed to confirm the effectiveness and safety of Reduning Injection and support it as a recommendation for influenza.