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. 2020 Sep 3;15:94. doi: 10.1186/s13020-020-00375-1

Table 1.

Representative Chinese medical herbs used for prevention and treatment of COVID-19 at different stages

Stage of disease Herbs
Medical observation Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, Pogostemonis Herba, Saposhnikoviae Radix, Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, Astragali Radix, Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, Poria, Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, Pinelliae Rhizoma, Bupleuri Radix

Mild case

Moderate Case

Severe Case

Critical Case

Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, Glycyrrhizae Radix Et Rhizoma, Pogostemonis Herba, Ephedrae Herba, Armeniacae Semen Amarum, Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, Poria, Amomi Fructus, Platycodonis Radix, Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens

Ephedrae Herba, Armeniacae Semen Amarum, Scutellariae Radix, Coicis Semen, Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma

Tsaoko Fructus, Pogostemonis Herba, Arecaesemen, Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, Arecaesemen

Ephedrae Herba, Arecaesemen, Armeniacae Semen Amarum, Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma

Descurainiae Semen Lepidii Semen, Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix, Persicae Semen, Paeoniaeradix Rubra, Arecaesemen

Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, Aconm Lateralis Radix Praeparaia, Corni Fructus, Ophiopogonis Radix, Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus, Zingiberis Rhizoma, Ephedrae Herba, Asari Radix et Rhizoma, Arecaesemen
Convalescence Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, Pinelliae Rhizoma, Poria, Ophiopogonis Radix, Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, Astragali Radix, Codonopsis Radix, Amomi Fructus, Pseudostellariae Radix