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16 March 2026

Clinical Efficacy of Modified Guizhi Decoction in Treating Wind-Cold Common Cold

Huixia Xu*
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1 Huazhuang Street Community Health Service Center, Wuxi Economic Development Zone, Wuxi 214000, Jiangsu, China
JMDS 2026 , 11(1), 97–102; https://doi.org/10.18063/JMDS.v11i1.1360
© 2026 by the Author. Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

Objective: To verify the clinical efficacy of modified Guizhi Decoction in treating wind-cold common cold. Methods: A total of 60 patients with wind-cold common cold were selected and divided into two groups: an observation group (30 cases) and a control group (30 cases). The observation group was treated with modified Guizhi Decoction, while the control group received conventional treatment. Indicators such as gender, age, disease course, severity of illness before and after treatment, and clinical efficacy were compared between the two groups. Results: Before treatment, there were no significant differences in gender, age, or disease course between the observation group and the control group (P > 0.05). The severity of illness was similar between the two groups before treatment, mainly concentrated in grades III to IV. After treatment, the total effective rate in the observation group was 96.67%, significantly higher than the 70.00% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The cure-markedly effective rate in the observation group was also significantly higher than that in the control group (23.33% vs. 6.67%). Conclusion: Modified Guizhi Decoction has good clinical efficacy in treating wind-cold common cold, significantly improving patient cure rates and improvement rates. Its widespread clinical application is recommended.

Keywords
Modified Guizhi Decoction
Wind-cold common cold
Clinical efficacy
Total effective rate
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