Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treatment of COVID-19 and Viral Disease: Efficacies and Clinical Evidence

Autor: Xue Ding, Lei-Lei Fan, Shi-Xi Zhang, Xiu-Xia Ma, Peng-Fei Meng, Liang-Ping Li, Ming-Yan Huang, Jia-Le Guo, Peng-Zhan Zhong, Li-Ran Xu
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: International Journal of General Medicine. 15:8353-8363
ISSN: 1178-7074
DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s386375
Popis: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains an uncontained, worldwide pandemic. While battling the disease in China, the Chinese government has actively promoted the use of traditional Chinese medicine, and many studies have been conducted to determine the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine for treating COVID-19. The present review discusses the effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine in curing COVID-19 and provides clinical evidence from all confirmed cases in China. Applications of traditional Chinese medicine and specific recipes for treating other viral infections, such as those caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and influenza A viruses (including H1N1), are also discussed. Studies have reported that traditional Chinese medicine treatment plays a significant role in improving clinical symptoms. Therefore, further investigation may be of high translational value in revealing novel targeted therapies for COVID-19.
Databáze: OpenAIRE