The role played by traditional Chinese medicine in preventing and treating COVID-19 in China.
Front Med
; 14(5): 681-688, 2020 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-640212
ABSTRACT
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), an ancient system of alternative medicine, played an active role in the prevention and control of COVID-19 in China. It improved the clinical symptoms of patients, reduced the mortality rate, improved the recovery rate, and effectively relieved the operating pressure on the national medical system during critical conditions. In light of the current global pandemic, TCM-related measures might open up a new channel in the control of COVID-19 in other countries and regions. Here, we summarize the TCM-related measures that were widely used in China, including TCM guidelines, the Wuchang pattern, mobile cabin hospitals, integrated treatment of TCM and modern medicine for critical patients, and non-medicine therapy for convalescent patients, and describe how TCM effectively treated patients afflicted with the COVID-19. Effective TCM therapies could, therefore, be recommended and practiced based on the existing medical evidence from increased scientific studies.
Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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Communicable Disease Control
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Preventive Medicine
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Traditional medicine
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Front Med
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S11684-020-0801-x
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