Objective To compare efficacy of two different dosage forms of Qingqiao Kangdu formula（ decocting-free granules and traditional decoction） in the treatment of common cold with exogenous wind-heat syndrome.Methods Sixty common cold patients with wind-heat syndrome were then randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group

with 30 cases in each. Qingqiao Kangdu formula was prescribed for both groups. The control group took it using traditional decoction method to cook Chinese medicinal pieces; treatment group took it also in liquid form using decocting-free granules with the same formula and same amout of uncooked medicinals. Patients of two groups were each administered 150 ml medicine

3 times a day for 5 days. The scores of main and secondary symptoms before and after treatment of both groups were recorded and recovery rates of every symptoms were calculated

so as to compare total TCM symptom scores and clinical effective rate of two groups. Results After treatment

total TCM symptom scores of two groups were notedly lower compared within each group before（ P < 0. 01）

while compared with one another after treatment the results showed no statistical significance（ P > 0. 05）. The clinical effective rate of each group was 100%（ P > 0. 05）. Recovery rate of fever and sore throat in the control group was 83. 33%

whereas that of the treatment group was 80. 00%（ P > 0. 05）. Conclusion Qingqiao Kangdu decocting-free granules and traditional decoction have the same efficacy in the treatment of common cold wind-heat syndrome type.