ADE	Adverse drug event
ADR	Adverse drug reaction
ALuI	Acute lung injury
ALT	Alanine aminotransferase
AMP	Adenosine 5′-monophosphate
APACHE II	Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II
ARDS	Acute respiratory distress syndrome
AST	Aspartate aminotransferase
BUN	Blood urea nitrogen
C max	Maximum plasma concentrations
COVID-19	Coronavirus disease 2019
CHM	Chinese herbal medicines
CLP	Cecal ligation and puncture
Cr	Creatinine
HLA-DR	Human leukocyte antigen-DR
ICU	Intensive care unit
LDH	Lactate dehydrogenase
IFN-γ	Interferon-γ
IL-6	Interleukin 6
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
MAP	Mean arterial pressure
MLC	Myosin light chain
MLCK	Myosin light-chain kinase
MMP-2/9	Matrix metalloproteinase 2/9
MODS	Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
OGD/R	Oxygen–glucose deprivation/reoxygenation
PEEP	Positive end-expiratory pressure
PSCC	Preventing Sepsis Campaign in China
QWBD	Qingwen Baidu decoction
ROCK	Rho-associated coil-forming protein kinase
SCCM	Society of Critical Care Medicine
SIRS	Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
20(S)-protopanaxadiol type	ppd-type
20(S)-protopanaxatriol type	ppt-type
SF	ShenFu injection
SM	ShengMai
SOCS1	Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1
SOFA	Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
SIRS	Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
t 1/2	Half-life
TCM	Traditional Chinese medicine
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-α
XBCQ	Xuanbai Chengqi decoction
XBJ	XueBiJing injection