title: [Clinical study of wind-warm and pulmonary heat syndrome treated with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical effectiveness of Toubiao Qingfei (expelling exterior evil and clearing lung) Decoction (TBQFD) on wind-warm and pulmonary heat syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-six subjects were randomized into treatment group and control group. Patients in the control group were treated with Western medicines, while patients in the treatment group were treated with Western medicines and TBQFD. The therapeutic effects and improvement of symptoms in both groups were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The durations of fever, cough and absorption of pulmonary inflammatory focus in the treatment group were 1.52, 3.52 and 6.25 days respectively, which were significantly shorter than those in the control group (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TBQFD can improve the symptoms, such as fever and cough, and can promote the absorption of infection and shorten the clinical course of wind-warm and pulmonary heat syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200080, China.
authors.forename: Cun-Jun
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Song-Po
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Huai-Hong
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hai-Ying
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jing-Ren
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal