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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Chinese medicine treatment on postnasal drip syndrome 40 cases of chronic cough in children [Abstract] Objective To observe the medical treatment caused by postnasal drip syndrome, the clinical efficacy of chronic cough in children, and do misdiagnosis. Methods 40 children were divided into two types according to TCM. Exogenous wind-heat, loss of promotion-based governance to lung Shufeng heat, Xuanfei interest awakened; phlegm intrinsic, lung failure rule to drop type declared phlegm, Xuanfei Tongqiao. two types are 10 d to a course of treatment, usually 1 to 3 courses of treatment, treatment 3 months after the referral. 16 cases were cured, 40%, improved in 21 cases, accounting for 52.5%, and 3 cases, accounting for 7.5%. The total effective rate was 92.5%. Conclusion Chinese medicine treatment of postnasal drip syndrome causing chronic cough in children a significant effect. [Keywords:] postnasal drip syndrome, chronic cough, Xanthium Powder Cough is one of the most common symptoms of children. Acute cough is often caused by upper respiratory tract infection, and the cause of chronic cough complex, easy to misdiagnosis. Postnasal drip syndrome is caused by one of the causes of chronic cough in children. Now relevant cases for analysis, the report is as follows. 1 Clinical data 1.1 General Information 40 cases were outpatients and inpatients in our hospital pediatric department from January 2003 to December 2008 treatment cases. 26 males and 14 females, aged 2 to 14 years (mean 6.5 + -3.2 years old, 2 to 5 years old 12 patients, 6 to 10 years in 18 cases, 10 cases from 11 to 14 years old, duration of 2 to 18 months, 2 to 6 months in 18 cases, 7 to 12 months in 12 cases, 12 to 18 months in 10 cases. are consistent with chronic cough diagnostic criteria [1]. 1.2 Clinical manifestations 1.2 1 Symptoms ① The patients have a history of chronic cough, cough, before going to bed and wake up to the weight, was coug