Diagnosis and treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine.
- 2020-07
- Journal of integrative medicine 18(4)
- Shi-Xin Wang
- Yan Wang
- Yu-Bao Lu
- Jie-Yun Li
- Yu-Jun Song
- Munkhtuya Nyamgerelt
- Xue-Xi Wang
- PubMed: 32446813
- DOI: 10.1016/j.joim.2020.04.001
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- Review
Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19), it has rapidly spread to 187 countries, causing serious harm to the health of people and a huge social burden. However, currently, drugs specifically approved for clinical use are not available, except for vaccines against COVID-19 that are being evaluated. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is capable of performing syndrome differentiation and treatment according to the clinical manifestations of patients, and has a better ability of epidemic prevention and control. The authors comprehensively analyzed the etiology and pathogenesis of COVID-19 based on the theory of TCM, and discussed its syndrome differentiation, treatment and prevention measures so as to provide strategies and reference for the prevention and treatment with TCM.