Curative Effects of Suhuang Zhike Capsule on Postinfectious Cough: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

Table 1

Subgroups of clinical efficacy of TCM and their descriptions.

Subgroups	Descriptions
Clinical cure	Cough symptoms completely resolved. Score of all main symptoms became zero.
Obvious effect	Cough significantly reduced or disappeared. Score of all main symptoms dropped two levels.
Showing effect	Significantly reduced cough, score of all main symptoms dropped one level, a primary disease dropped two levels, and another dropped one level.
No effect	No obvious mitigation of cough or even having an aggravating cough.