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The potential insights of Traditional Chinese Medicine on treatment of COVID-19

Journal

CHINESE MEDICINE
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13020-020-00326-w

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Traditional Chinese medicine; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Treatment; Mechanism

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  1. 13th Five-Year National Science and Technology Major Project from Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China [2017ZX09304027]
  2. Department of Pharmaceutical Administration of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China in 2018 [2]

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Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke out in 2019 and spread rapidly around the world. There is still no specific antiviral therapy to the current pandemic. In China, historical records show that Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is effective in prevention and enhancing the resistance to pandemic with unique insights. To fight with COVID-19, National Health and Commission of PRC has recommended some TCM in the guideline, such as HuoxiangZhengqi, LianhuaQingwen ShufengJiedu and XueBijing, and actually displayed a remarkable effect in clinical treatment strategic for COVID-19. We review studies to provide an in-depth understanding into the effect of TCM, and also introduce the possible mechanism involved in COVID-19 treatment.

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