Objective To investigate the syndromic characteristics of upper airway cough syndrome in children and the rules of tra-ditional Chinese medicine(TCM)prescription and medication.Methods The literature related to the treatment of upper airway cough syndrome in children by TCM in CNKI,Weipu,Wanfang and China Biomedical Literature Service System from the establishment of the database to December 1,2023 was retrieved,extracted the symptoms,signs and prescriptions,and performed data mining using the Chi-nese Medicine Inheritance Computing Platform V3.5.Results Ninety-three articles,25 types of symptoms,119 prescription and 199 flavors of TCM were finally included in the study.The cough was mainly in the morning,and the high-frequency symptoms were nasal congestion,runny nose,and mucus adherence on the posterior wall of the pharynx,and the postnasal drip sensation was present in 25.29％of the children;The main type of symptoms was"wind-heat offending the lungs",followed by"phlegm-heat depleting the lungs"and"wind-phlegm adhering to the lungs",etc.The top five TCM used were Flos magnoliae,Balloonflower root,Siberian cocklebur fruit,Liquorice root and Angelica dahurica;the medicinal properties of these medicines were mainly warm-natured and cold-natured,and the five flavors of these medicines were mainly pungent and bitter;most of the categorized meridians were the lung meridian,and the core medicinal pairs were"Flos magnoliae,Siberian cocklebur fruit""Flos magnoliae,Balloonflower root","Balloonflower root,Liquo-rice root".Three pairs of core drug combinations were obtained by K-Means clustering,all of which were additions to Siberian cocklebur fruit decoction,and their treatment was based on ventilate the lung and inducing resuscitation.Conclusion The diagnosis and treatment of upper airway cough syndrome in children should pay attention to the nasopharyngeal signs,and should pay attention to the passage of the orifices and the pharynx while dredging the wind and clearing the heat and promoting the lung to stop coughing,so as to achieve the effect of the simultaneous treatment of the lung and nose and the lung and throat.

Objective To investigate the syndromic characteristics of upper airway cough syndrome in children and the rules of tra-ditional Chinese medicine(TCM)prescription and medication.Methods The literature related to the treatment of upper airway cough syndrome in children by TCM in CNKI,Weipu,Wanfang and China Biomedical Literature Service System from the establishment of the database to December 1,2023 was retrieved,extracted the symptoms,signs and prescriptions,and performed data mining using the Chi-nese Medicine Inheritance Computing Platform V3.5.Results Ninety-three articles,25 types of symptoms,119 prescription and 199 flavors of TCM were finally included in the study.The cough was mainly in the morning,and the high-frequency symptoms were nasal congestion,runny nose,and mucus adherence on the posterior wall of the pharynx,and the postnasal drip sensation was present in 25.29％of the children;The main type of symptoms was"wind-heat offending the lungs",followed by"phlegm-heat depleting the lungs"and"wind-phlegm adhering to the lungs",etc.The top five TCM used were Flos magnoliae,Balloonflower root,Siberian cocklebur fruit,Liquorice root and Angelica dahurica;the medicinal properties of these medicines were mainly warm-natured and cold-natured,and the five flavors of these medicines were mainly pungent and bitter;most of the categorized meridians were the lung meridian,and the core medicinal pairs were"Flos magnoliae,Siberian cocklebur fruit""Flos magnoliae,Balloonflower root","Balloonflower root,Liquo-rice root".Three pairs of core drug combinations were obtained by K-Means clustering,all of which were additions to Siberian cocklebur fruit decoction,and their treatment was based on ventilate the lung and inducing resuscitation.Conclusion The diagnosis and treatment of upper airway cough syndrome in children should pay attention to the nasopharyngeal signs,and should pay attention to the passage of the orifices and the pharynx while dredging the wind and clearing the heat and promoting the lung to stop coughing,so as to achieve the effect of the simultaneous treatment of the lung and nose and the lung and throat.

In order to standardize the clinical diagnosis and treatment of upper airway cough syndrome (UACS) for children in China, Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine initiated the development of this Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for Children with Upper Airway cough Syndrome based on evidence-based medical evidence. This guideline will process registration, write a plan, and develop relevant processes and writing norms, develop and publish official documents. This plan mainly introduces the scope of the guidelines, the purpose and significance, the composition of the guidelines working group, the management of conflicts of interest, the collection, selection and determination of clinical problems, the retrieval, screening and rating of evidence, and the consensus of recommendations. Registration information: This study has been registered in the international practice guidelines registry platform with the registration code of PREPARE-2023CN087.

The standardization of pediatric Tuina is beneficial to pediatric Tuina practitioners in a norm practices. The paper collects the content from teaching textbooks, TCM ancient books and database literature, and tries to develop the technical specifications of pediatric Tuina by four rounds Delphi surveys and expert consensus. This specification covers the manipulation of pediatric Tuina, the position of acupoints, the effects of acupoints and the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric Tuina, including indications, contraindications, cautious use, operation steps and methods.