Safety Concerns of Traditional Chinese Medicine Injections Used in Chinese Children

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab7"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:7.96em"/><col style="width:9.08em"/><col style="width:9.08em"/><col style="width:9.54em"/><col style="width:8.38em"/><col style="width:14.06em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">TCM injections</td><td class="align_left">Constituents</td><td class="align_left">Indication</td><td class="align_center">Dosage for children</td><td class="align_center">Drug interactions</td><td class="align_center">Usage of medication in children</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">RDN herbal<br/>injection</td><td class="align_left">1. Artemisiae Annuae Herba <br/>2. Lonicerae Japonicae Flos<br/>3. Gardeniae Fructus</td><td class="align_left">1. clearing heat<br/>2. dispelling wind 3. detoxicating</td><td class="align_center">Children ages 3 to 17</td><td class="align_center">–</td><td class="align_center">–</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">XYP herbal<br/>injection</td><td class="align_left">Andrographolide Sulfonate</td><td class="align_left">1. disappear hot<br/>2. detoxify<br/>3. stop dysentery</td><td class="align_center">Children ages 1 to 17</td><td class="align_center">–</td><td class="align_center">–</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>RDN: Reduning, XYP: Xiyanping<br/>“–”: No information<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>The use information in the drug instructions of the RDN and XYP herbal injections.</div>

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Table 7: Safety Concerns of Traditional Chinese Medicine Injections Used in Chinese Children 