Abstract
The novel coronavirus pneumonia broke out in 2019 and spread rapidly. In 30 different countries, there are over seventy thousand patients have been diagnosed in total. Therefore, it is urgent to develop the effective program to prevent and treat for the novel coronavirus pneumonia. In view of Traditional Chinese Medicine has accumulated a solid theoretical foundation of plague in ancient and recent decades. Meanwhile, Traditional Chinese Medicine can provide the more effective and personalized treatment via adjusting the specific medicine for each patient based on the different syndromes. In addition, TCM often has different effect on the distinct stages of diseases, contributing to the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. Nowadays, TCM has exhibited decent effect in the in the fight against NCP. Therefore, it is convinced that Traditional Chinese Medicine is an effective treatment for 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia.
KEY WORDS: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Novel coronavirus pneumonia, Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Infectious diseases, Inflammation
Footnotes
Available online 20 Mar., 2020
[Research funding] This work was supported by the TCM research project of Health Commission of Hubei Province (No. ZY2019Q005).
These authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
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