Clinical Dose-Response of Inflammation Formula Number 1 Granules Versus Traditional Decoction in the Treatment of Patients With Mild to Moderate Atopic Dermatitis: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Ding Li   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Xin Ma   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Chuanbing Xu   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Xin Li   ² , PhD ;   Yang Meng   ⁴ , PhD ;   Wencheng Jiang   ¹ , PhD ;   Guangpu Luo   ⁵ , PhD ;   Yanping Liu   ⁶ , PhD ;   Fanlingzi Shen   ¹ , PhD ;   Xiangjin Gao   ¹ , PhD ;   Ruiping Wang   ¹ , PhD ;   Bin Li   ^{1, 7} , PhD

¹ Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai, China

² Department of Dermatology, Institute of Dermatology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai, China

³ Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

⁴ Department of Dermatology, The Third People's Hospital of Bengbu, Bengbu, China

⁵ Guangzhou Dermatology Hospital, Institute of Dermatology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

⁶ Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China

⁷ Institute of Dermatology, Shanghai Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

*these authors contributed equally