OBJECTIVE: To probe into the clinical efficacy of antiviral dropping pills in the treatment of influenza in children. METHODS: A total of 36 children with influenza admitted into the First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Chinese Medicine

the Second Hospital of Qinhuangdao City and the First Hospital of Dandong from Dec.2019 to Feb. 2020 were randomly divided into the study group and the control group

with 18 cases in each group.The study group was given oral antiviral dropping pills

and the control group was given oral oseltamivir phosphate granules

with 5 d of treatment

2 d of drug withdrawal observation. Clinical recovery

duration of fever

symptom dimension score of the Canadian Acute Respiratory Illness and Flu Scale（ CARIFS）

body temperature and incidence of adverse drug reactions in two groups were observed

and the data of two groups were compared and analyzed.RESULTS: The clinical recovery rate in the study group was 61. 11%（ 11/18）

and the end point of recovery time was 4 d; the clinical recovery rate in the control group was 77. 78%（ 14/18）

and the recovery time was 3 d

the control group was slightly better than the study group

yet there was no significant difference between two groups（ P >0. 05）. There was no statistically significant difference between two groups in terms of duration of fever

symptom dimension score of CARIFS and body temperature（ P > 0. 05）. No adverse drug events or adverse drug reactions were found in this study. CONCLUSIONS: The efficacy of antiviral dropping pills in the treatment of children with influenza is significant with higher safety

which can can effectively inhibit the virus.