title: Guidelines on common cold for traditional Chinese medicine based on pattern differentiation.
abstract: 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 common cold in China Pharmacopeia 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, China yangjiao2013@sina.cn
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Liangduo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Qingquan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiaoli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shunan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Baixiao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Tianfang
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D003139:Common Cold / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal