Bright future for Traditional Chinese Medicine in treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome / 第二军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

The understandings of Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) expert team on preventing and treating severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) were introduced in this article.SARS belongs to epidemic febrile disease and the cause is wind warm pathogen or epidemic pathogenic factor.The diseased site is mainly in the lung and the basic pathogenetic features are obstruction of pulmonary vessels,impairment of qi and yin ,with atrophy of pulmonary resource dampness,blood stasis in more severe cases,resulting in dangerous symptoms such as choking sensation in chest,dyspnea and prostration.Six regimens of treatment according to different symptoms were set out.Based on the effectiveness of TCM in treating virus diseases and the experience of TCM in treating SARS, the advantages of integrating Chinese and Western medicine were put forward,such as blocking SARS progress,alleviating symptoms,reducing dosage of glucocorticoid and antibiotics,avoiding sequela.Finally, the progress of 3 TCM programs on preventing and treating SARS was introduced and the TCM oriented perspective hot point,pulmonary fibrosis, was discussed.