Academician TONG Xiaolin's Understanding and Experience in Treating Severe Cases of COVID-19 / 中医杂志

This article highlighted the invaluable expertise of Academician TONG Xiaolin in managing severe cases of COVID-19， thereby providing ideas for the treatment of severe and critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection by integrating traditional Chinese and western medicine. It is believed that COVID-19 belongs to the “cold dampness epidemic” in traditional Chinese medicine， which is caused by pathogenic qi of cold and dampness. The course of the disease can be divided into four stages： constraint， block， collapse， and deficiency， and the severe cases are mainly in the block and collapse stages. The pathogenesis at the block stage is described as epidemic toxins blocking the lung， which should be treated by diffusing the lung and unblocking the bowels， resolving phlegm and unblocking collaterals. The primary formula used is Zilong Xuanbai Chengqi Decoction （子龙宣白承气汤） with modifications based on individual condition. The pathogenesis at the collapse stage is described as internal block and external collapse， which should be treated by restoring yang to save from collapse， boosting qi to relieve collapse， diffusing the lung and unblocking the bowels， resolving phlegm and unblocking collaterals， usually with the formula Poge Zilong Xuanbai Chengqi Decoction （破格子龙宣白承气汤） with modifications.

Wang Bangcai Experience for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B(CHB) / 浙江中医药大学学报

Objective]The article summarizes the clinical experience of CHB by professor Wang Bangcai, the famous Zhejiang TCM physician. [Methods] From following professor Wang Bangcai clinical studies, summarize the experience and thoughts of treating CHB, and for two cases. [Results] Professor Wang Bangcai thinks the cause of CHB is the incubated epidemic pathogenic factor inside the body and the invasion of exogenous pathogenic factors. Its main pathogenesis is the insufficiency of healthy qi and the excess of exogenous pathogens. Insufficiency of healthy qi is the essential factor, while the accumulation of incubated epidemic pathogen and the disorder of liver and spleen is the subordinate factor. The course of the disease is generally long, the fight between healthy qi and pathogenic factors is always prolonged, and the insufficiency of healthy qi and the excess of exogenous pathogens usually both exist. Professor Wang emphasizes that strengthening healthy qi, eliminating pathogenic factors and regulating liver and spleen to comply with their nature characters are very important in order to defeat the incubated epidemic pathogen, as well as eliminating toxin inside the body and dispersing stagnant pathogens. The following two cases both have remarkable curative results. [Conclusion]Professor Wang Bangcai has original views on CHB about the etiology,pathogenesis and syndrome differentiation,which is worthy of in-depth study and understanding.