Organ

Clinical manifestations or pathological changes

Proportion of clinical manifestations in patient (%)

Symptomatic treatment

Chinese herbal medicine

Body surface

Fever

91.7

Antipyretic

Xixin (Radix et Rhizoma Asari), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri),

Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae),

Shengshigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi)

Respiratory system

Cough

75

Cough-suppressing

Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae), Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum), Ziwan (Radix Asteris), Kuandonghua (Flos Farfarae), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri)

Expectoration

Phlegm-dispelling

Shegan (Rhizoma Belamcandae), Ziwan (Radix Asteris), Kuandonghua (Flos Farfarae), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)

Chest tightness/Difficulty breathing

36.7

Relieving asthma

Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae), Ziwan (Radix Asteris), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum)

Gastrointestinal system

Gastrointestinal symptoms

39.6

Harmonize the stomach

Kuandonghua (Flos Farfarae), Shanyao (Rhizoma Dioscoreae), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Zhishi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus), Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri), Banxia (Rhizome Pinelliae), Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae)

Nausea

17.3

Controlling nausea and vomiting

Banxia (Rhizome Pinelliae)

Vomiting

5

Relieving vomitting

Banxia (Rhizome Pinelliae), Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens)

Hepatobiliary system

Liver protection

Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Zhuling (Polyporus Umbellatus), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Fuling (Poria), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri)

Cholagogic action

Shegan (Rhizoma Belamcandae), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri), Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens)

Urinary

system

Oliguria

Diuresis

Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), Zhuling (Polyporus Umbellatus), Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Fuling (Poria), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Shegan (Rhizoma Belamcandae)