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Objective: To study the characteristics and regularity of the improvement of early clinical symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treated with Chinese medicine plus fumigation and absorption combined with super dose of vitamin C. Methods: We randomly divided 30 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 admitted by the Hubei medical team in our hospital since February 2020 into groups A, B and C, with 10 cases in each group. Group A was the control group. Group B was treated with traditional Chinese medicine and fumigation. Group C was the treatment group of traditional Chinese medicine plus fumigation and absorption combined with super dose of vitamin C. We analyzed the symptoms of fatigue, cough, dry throat, shortness of breath and the improvement of chest CT and nucleic acid detection, and compared the treatment status of each group. Results: The improvement degree and disappearance time of fatigue, cough, dry throat and shortness of breath in group B and group C were better than those in group A, and the effect of group C was better than that of group B (P0.05). Conclusion: The combination of traditional Chinese medicine and fumigation and absorption combined with super dose of vitamin C has a definite effect on the improvement of fatigue, cough, dry throat and shortness of breath in patients with COVID-19.
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·AIM: To observe the clinical efficacy of fumigation treatment of traditional Chinese medicine(Four Yellow Qing Ling Water) for dry eye, and to provide the reference for clinical treatment of dry eye. · METHODS: Totally 82 patients (164 eyes) were randomly divided into two groups from June 2016 to December 2016 in Ophthalmology Department of our hospital. The patients in control group were given artificial tears;the patients in the observation group were given artificial tears and fumigation treatment of traditional Chinese(Four Yellow Qing Ling Water) once a day. After treatment for 14d, the SchirmerⅠtest (SⅠt), break-up time (BUT), cornea fluorescein staining (FL) and clinical efficacy of two groups were compared. ·RESULTS:The efficiency rate of observation group was significantly better than the control group (87. 8% vs 70.7%,P<0.5). The SⅠt and BUT in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (8.43 ± 2.51mm/5min vs 6.38 ± 2.52mm/5min, P<0.05;8.60±2.47s vs 6.35±2.29s, P<0.05); the FL in the observation group (0.84 ± 0.75 vs 1.26 ± 0.84, P<0.05) significantly lower than those in the control group. ·CONCLUSION: The fumigation treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (Four Yellow Qing Ling Water) combined with artificial tears for dry eyes can improve the clinical symptoms of dry eye syndrome.
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Objective To compare the effects of Chinese herbal fumigation and ultraviolet light exposure on air disinfection in neurosurgical intensive care unit.Methods The floors and the tables in the rooms of ICU were all disinfected using 0.02%84 disinfectant.The air disinfection was performed in the rooms using Chinese herbal(elsholtziae,ramulus cinnamomi,forsythia suspense,flos caryophylli)fumigation as the experiment group and those using ultraviolet light exposure as the control group,both for 30 times.The two disinfection methods were compared before air disinfection,at hours 0,1,2,4,8 and 12 in terms of bacteria tests.Results The air quality on natural bacteria in both groups met the standard of Class Ⅱ Environmental Health Criteria at hour 0,l after air disinfection,without significant difference between the two groups at each time point(P>0.05).In the control group,the bacteria began to grow in number one hour after ultraviolet light exposure and overgrew two hours after air disinfection.In the experiment group,the bacteria grew less,never exceeding the standard level at all time points.The disinfection effect of the experimental group was all significantly better than that of the control group at the time points of 2 h,4 h,8 h,12 h(P<0.05 or P<0.01). Conclusions Chinese herbal fumigation is superior to the UV light irradiation disinfection.It is safe and harmless even in case of medical staff working in the unit.