Table 1.

Symptoms Standards Classification of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Symptoms	Grades	Scores	Symptom
Cough	None	0
	Slightly cough	1	slightly cough, two or three coughs at one time; only cough two or three times a day.
	Heavily cough	2	heavily cough, six or seven coughs at one time; cough four to nine times a day.
	Severe cough	3	severe cough, frequent coughs; or cough frequently, cough ten times a day even an hour
Difficult	None	0
Expectoration
	Slightly difficult	1	slightly difficult expectoration, cough up one or
	expectoration		two times for phlegm.
	Difficult	2	difficult expectoration, cough up three or four
	expectoration		times for phlegm.
	Very difficult	3	very difficult expectoration, cough up five or six
	expectoration		times for phlegm. Symptoms of vomiting, dull pain in stomach, dark-purple complexion.
Throat itching None	None	0
	Slightly throat	1	slight throat itching, just starts or happens
	itching		occasionally. Symptoms of coughing or expectoration.
	Heavily throat	2	rather obvious throat itching, upsetting.
	itching		Symptoms of coughing and expectoration.
	Severe throat	3	couldn’t bear throat itching which causes
	itching		frequent coughing and anxiety. Desire for
			medical care.