Table 1 Compositions and indications of CPMs included in the review for the common cold

Chaihu Injection

Radix Bupleuri

For the colds, influenza, malaria and other fever.

Ganmao Qingre granules

Schizonepeta tenuisfolia Briq, Herba Mentha haplocalyx., Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Bupleuri, Folium Perillae, Radix Pueraria lobata (Willd) Ohwi., Radix Platycodonis, Semen Armeniacae Amarum, Radix Angelica dahuricae, Herba corydalis Bungeanae, Rhizoma Phragmites communis Trin

For the wind-cold cold, headache, fever, aversion to cold, body pain, runny nose, cough and dry throat.

Shuanghuanglian oral liquid

Radix Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Forsythiae

For the cold induced by external contraction wind-heat, such as fever, cough, pharyngalgia.

Xiaoer Baotaikang granules

Fructus Forsythiae, Radix Rehmanniae, Bupleurum marginatum, Radix Scrophulariae, Folium Mori, Bulbus Fritillaria thunbergii Miq., Herba Taraxaci, Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek, Onosma, Radix Platycodonis, Semen Raphani, Radix Glycyrrhizae

For children with external contraction wind-heat, such as fever, nasal discharge, cough

Xiaoer Resuqing oral liquid

Radix Bupleuri, Radix Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi,Radix Isatidis, Radix Pueraria lobata (Willd) Ohwi., Flos Lonicerae, Cornu Bubali, Fructus Forsythiae, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei

For children with cold induced by external contraction wind-heat, such as fever, headache, throat swelling and pain, nasal congestion and nasal discharge, cough, dry stool.