The causative agent of rubella in children is the rubella virus, which has 3 phases, the incubation phase, the prodromal phase and the development phase, and the patient should be isolated immediately. Because the rubella transmission period is relatively short, isolation should be done for 5-7 days after the rash appears. Patients should get plenty of bed rest, drink plenty of fluids, and be given easily digestible food. All other symptomatic treatments are available, such as giving western medicine antiviral drugs, such as ribavirin. In Chinese medicine, the main treatment principles are draining wind, clearing heat and detoxifying toxins, and the main herbs used are thorny root, windbreak, cicada, silver flower, forsythia, asclepias, red peony and burdock. In addition, rubella vaccination is recommended for children between the ages of one year and adolescence.