Table 1 Symptoms and signs scale based on TCM syndromes
| TCM main syndrome | Score grading | ||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Sore throat |
WBS 0 |
WBS 2 |
WBS 4 | WBS 6 | WBS 8 | WBS 10 | |
| TCM minor syndrome | Score grading | ||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Wind-heat syndrome | Fever | No | 37.3–38 °C | 38.1–38.9 °C | ≥ 39 °C | ||
| Headache | No | Yes | |||||
| Afraid of the wind | No | Yes | |||||
| dryness and heat of pharyngeal | No | Yes | |||||
| Cough or with yellow sputum | No | Yes | |||||
| Heat exuberance in lung and stomach syndrome | Fever | No | 37.3–38 °C | 38.1–38.9 °C | ≥ 39 °C | ||
| Cough or with yellow sputum | No | Yes | |||||
| Thirst | No | Yes | |||||
| Bad breath | No | Yes | |||||
| Abdominal distension | No | Yes | |||||
| Dry stool | No | Yes | |||||
| Yellow-colored urine | No | Yes | |||||
| Pharyngeal signs | Score grading | ||||||
| 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Wind-heat syndrome | The pharyngeal mucosa is bright red and swollen | No | Yes | ||||
| Tonsil is red and swollen, without pus | No | Yes | |||||
| The lymph nodes are swollen and painful under the jaw | No | Yes | |||||
| Heat exuberance in lung and stomach syndrome | The pharyngeal mucosa is red and swollen | No | Yes | ||||
| Tonsil is red and swollen, or companion pus point | No | Yes | |||||
| The lymph nodes are swollen and painful under the jaw | No | Yes | |||||