TABLE 1.

TCM Syndrome Types of COVID-19 in national and various provinces' prevention and control programs.

Countries and regions	Mild	Moderate/Ordinary	Severe	Critical	Convalescence
National health commission	Cold-dampness retention lung syndrome; damp-heat retention lung syndrome	Pathogenic dampness retention lung syndrome; cold-dampness stagnating the lung	Syndrome of epidemic toxin obstructing lung; syndrome of flaring heat in qifen and yingfen	Syndrome of internal blockade and external collapse	Lung and spleen qi deficiency, deficiency of both qi and yin
Hubei province	Syndrome of heat-toxin invading lung	Pathogenic dampness retention lung syndrome	Syndrome of accumulated dampness-toxicity	Syndrome of blazing heat-toxin	NA
Heilongjiang province	Damp warm retention lung syndrome	Phlegm-heat retention lung syndrome	Syndrome of pathogenic toxin obstructing lung	Syndrome of pathogenic toxin clouding orifices	Pathogenic factors residue, deficiency of both qi and yin
Beijing province	Syndrome of epidemic toxin invading lungs	NA	Epidemic toxin retention lung syndrome	Syndrome of epidemic toxin obstructing lung	Deficiency of both qi and yin
Shanghai province	Noxious dampness retention lung syndrome	NA	Syndrome of heat-toxin obstructing lung	Syndrome of internal blockade and external collapse	Lung and spleen qi deficiency, deficiency of both qi and yin
Guangdong province	Pathogenic dampness stagnating the lung, cardinal disadvantageous; syndrome of pathogenic heat congesting lung, impairment of the ascending and descending function of the lung	NA	Pathogenic heat obstructing lung syndrome, obstruction of fu-qi; warm-heat obstructing lung syndrome	Syndrome of internal blockade and external collapse	Pathogenic factors residue, deficiency of both qi and yin, deficiency of both lung and spleen
Jiangxi province	Noxious dampness retention lung syndrome, cardinal disadvantageous	Heat-toxin with dampness syndrome, impairment of the ascending and descending function of the lung	Syndrome of heat-toxin obstructing lung, obstruction of fu-qi	Syndrome of internal blockade and external collapse	NA
Shanxi province	Syndrome of exterior tightened by cold-dampness, impairment of fluid due to heat retention; syndrome of heat-toxin invading lung; external-cold and internal-heat	NA	Heat-toxin retention lung syndrome	Syndrome of internal blockade and external collapse	Syndrome of lingering heat, deficiency of both qi and yin
Tianjin province	Syndrome of heat-toxin invading lung	Pathogenic dampness retention lung syndrome	Syndrome of accumulated dampness-toxicity	Syndrome of blazing heat-toxin	NA
Yunnan province	Dampness-heat retention lung syndrome	Pathogenic heat retention lung syndrome	Syndrome of pathogenic toxin obstructing lung	Syndrome of internal blockade and external collapse	NA
Sichuan province	Wind heat with dampness syndrome; wind chill with dampness syndrome	Pathogenic dampness retention lung syndrome; dampness-heat retention lung syndrome	Pathogenic heat retention lung syndrome; epidemic toxin obstructing lung syndrome	Syndrome of internal blockade and external collapse	Pathogenic factors residue, deficiency of both qi and yin
Gansu province	Syndrome of warm pathogen attacking lung	Warm-heat retention lung syndrome	Syndrome of warm toxin obstructing lung	Syndrome of internal blockade and external collapse	NA