Table 2.

Summary of TCMs in the diagnosis and treatment protocol for novel coronavirus pneumonia.

Protocol Version	Publish date	Basis of TCM Recommendation	TCM injection Recommendations
3rd [36]	2020–01–22	Recommendations for different prescriptions according to the different symptoms (dampness, heat, poison and stasis) of the lung	No recommendation
4th [37]	2020–01–27	Recommendations for different prescriptions according to the medical observation period, clinical treatment period (mild, moderate, severe, convalescent period)	Moderate period: Xiyanping injection and Xuebijing injection Severe period: Xuebijing injection, Shenfu injection and Shengmai injection
5th [15]	2020–02–05	No changes implemented since previous version	No changes implemented since previous version
5th revised [38]	2020–02–08
6th [39]	2020–02–18	General prescriptions are added during the clinical treatment period; The clinical treatment period is divided into 5 subperiods mild, moderate, severe, critical, and convalescent; Different prescriptions are recommended according to different symptoms of different subperiods	Severe cases: Xiyanping injection, Xuebijing injection, Reduning injection, Tanreqing injection, Xingnaojing injection. Critical cases: Xuebijing injection, Reduning injection, Tanreqing injection, Xingnaojing injection, Shenfu injection, Shengmai injection, Shenmai injection.
7th [23]	2020–03–04	No changes implemented since previous version	No changes implemented since previous version

TCM: Traditional Chinese Medicine.