Basic study on treatment of COVID-19 with Shufeng Jiedu Capsule and research and development ideas of new Chinese materia medica against COVID-19 / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a major global epidemic, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has played an important role in the prevention and control of major epidemics. Taking Shufeng Jiedu Capsule as an example, this paper summarized the ideas and research practice of TCM in early intervention, blocking disease progression, improving symptoms, anti-inflammation and immunoregulation, suppressing "cytokine storm", syndrome differentiation and playing the advantages of compatibility based on the understanding of COVID-19. The idea of establishing a scientific model for the research and development of new drugs of TCM was put forward.