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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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Successful intervention with traditional Chinese medicine for severe Coronavirus Disease 2019: A case report
Wei Lu1, Wen Zhang2, Xiangru Xu2, Quan Guo2, Bangjiang Fang3
1 Department of Nursing, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai, China
2 Department of Emergency, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai, China
3 Department of Emergency, Longhua Hospital; Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Bangjiang Fang
Department of Emergency, LongHua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032
China
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/2773-0387.348715
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, is a major public health threat worldwide. However, there are no clinically approved antiviral drugs for COVID-19. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an important part of complementary and alternative medicine. Based on the TCM principles of pathogenesis, our team proposed “San Tong strategies” (san tong liao fa) and the “Truncation and Reversion strategy” (jie duanniu zhuan ce lve) and developed a Chinese herbal medicine formula to dispel external pathogens, clear heat, drain fire, and detoxify. A 50-year-old man with severe COVID-19 was admitted and received our oral Chinese herbal formula, acupoint plaster application, and moxibustion for 14 days. The computed tomography manifestations of COVID-19 showed marked improvements, and the patient achieved complete remission of fever, cough, fatigue, dizziness, nasal congestion, and rhinorrhea. This case provides a specific TCM treatment plan and effective reference for the treatment of COVID-19.
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