Date

2020-11-02

Protocol

Protocol changed

Item Changed

Intervention(s) planned

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Patients with fever, between 6-12 years out of the admitted patients to the hospital and from the Out Patient Department (OPD) of Paediatrics clinics at the Ayurvedic Teaching Hospital, Borella, will be selected irrespective of their sex. Systematic sampling will be used to allocate patients meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria into two arms. Arm A (intervention arm): Sudarshana suspension(n=50) Arm B (control arm): Sudarshana Powder with bee honey (n=50) Dosage will be calculated according to the Ayurvedic authentic text dosage of Sudarshana Suspension as calculated as 312.5mg/kg/ 24 hours. Medication will be administered orally six hourly, up to four doses in each 24 hour period, for a maximum of three days (12 doses) by the trained nursing staff under the observation of a medical officer.

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Patients with fever, between 6-12 years out of the admitted patients to the hospital and from the Out Patient Department (OPD) of Paediatrics clinics at the Ayurvedic Teaching Hospital, Borella, will be selected irrespective of their sex. Systematic sampling will be used to allocate patients meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria into two arms. Arm A (intervention arm): Sudarshana suspension(n = 21) Arm B (control arm): Sudarshana Powder with bee honey (n = 21) Dosage was calculated according to the Ayurvedic authentic text dosage of Sudarshana Suspension as calculated as 312.5mg/kg/ 24 hours. Medication was administered orally six hourly, up to four doses in each 24 hour period, for a maximum of three days (12 doses)