Superiority and Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Viral Communicable Diseases / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

The superiority and clinical characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in treating viral communicable diseases were discussed. The superiority of TCM in treating viral communicable diseases are manifested as broad-spectrum killing or inhibitory effect on virus, regulatory effects on human immune function and relatively safe in medication. The achievement of better therapeutic effect owes to the application of the following principles differentiating syndromes to identify cause, making diagnosis based on the concept of wholism and varying the treatment according to the syndrome differentiation.