title: [Clinical study on treatment of exogenous infection caused fever by infantile umbilical paste].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effect of infantile umbilical paste (IUP) in abating infantile fever.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and twenty cases were randomly divided into two groups, the 120 cases in Group A were treated with IUP and the 100 cases in Group B treated with compound Aspirin (APC). The effect in abating fever and side-effects were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate of the two groups were not statistically different (P > 0.05). But a better effect in abating fever was shown in Group A 4 hrs later (P < 0.01). The effect in patients of age under 1 year was the best.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IUP has good effect in abating infantile fever, and it shows no influence on white blood cells, liver and kidney functions.
authors.affiliation: Affiliated Hospital of Hubei College of TCM, Wuhan 430061.
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003139:Common Cold / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D014472:Umbilicus
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal