Abstract
The common cold is the most common pediatric infectious disease, and the incidence is higher in early childhood than in any other period of life. Treatment of the common cold is largely symptomatic. Thus treatment of oriental medicine for the common cold is very effective and safe. We studied 81 children suffering from common cold Oriental Medicine Hospital in Kyunghee University, and analyzed age, sex, season, clinical manifestation, complications, prescription. The results were as follows: 1. Age and sex distribution of children from 1 to 3 was 37.1%, 3 to 6 was 34.6%, over 6 was 24.7%, male to female ratio was 1.31 : 1 2. Frequency of affection per year, from 3 to 5 was 30.9%, 6 to 9 was 29.6%, over 10 was 27.2%, below 3 was 4.9% 3. Frequency of seasons giving rising to common cold, winter was 40.7%, spring and autumn were 16%, summer was 1.2%. 4. Frequency of complications, empyema and rhinitis were 38.3%, asthma was 21%, pneumonia was 16%, atopic dermatitis was 7.4%. 5. Frequency of Clinical manifestation, cough and sputum were 45.7%, high fever and sore throat were 27.2%, complex symptom was 25.9%. 6. Frequency of prescription, BoAh-Tang-gami(補兒湯加味)was 27.2% BangPungHaeDoc-Tang(防風解毒湯)was 11.1 %, GamiGinHae-Tang (加味鎭咳湯)was 11.1%.
