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. 2013 Mar 28;2013(3):CD004559. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004559.pub4

Wei 2010.

Methods Parallel groups. "Randomly allocated patients" mentioned, but lack of description of the randomisation method. No blinding
Participants 30 participants with mild type A influenza (H1N1) in the group 1 and 16 in group 2
Interventions Group 1: Lianhua Qingwen capsule 4 pieces, 3 times a day, 3 to 5 days
Group 2: oseltamivir 75 mg, 2 times a day, 3 to 5 days
Outcomes 1. Time to fever clearance
2. Time to symptoms clearance
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk "Randomly allocated patients" mentioned, but lack of description of the method
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Not used
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Not used
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk  
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk