Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still a pandemic globally, about 80% of patients infected with COVID-19 were mild and moderate. Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) has played a positive role in the treatment of COVID-19, with a certain number of primary studies focused on CHM in managing COVID-19 published. This …
Read More »Traditional Chinese medicine benefits in the recovery of COVID-19
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread globally. Due to the higher risk of mortality, the treatment of severe or critical patients is a top priority. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment has played an extremely important role in the fight against COVID-19 in China; a timely evidence summary on …
Read More »The use of traditional Chinese medicine in COVID-19 improves clinical outcome
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly spreading disease that has caused an extensive burden to the world. Consequently, a large number of clinical trials have examined the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for treating and preventing COVID-19, with coinciding proliferation of reviews summarizing these studies. Objective: This study aimed …
Read More »Lian Hua Qing Wen Wan is effective for COVID-19
Background: Lian Hua Qing Wen Wan is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription commonly used to treat viral influenza in China. There has been sufficient evidence that Lian Hua Qing Wen Wan could effectively treat COVID-19. Nevertheless, the potential anti-(mutant) SARS-CoV-2 and anti-inflammation compounds in Lian Hua Qing Wen Wan are still …
Read More »Traditional Chinese medicine is cheap and effective in the fight against COVID-19
Context: In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a public health emergency of international concern. Since no effective and sustainable treatment was available for COVID-19, patients felt an overwhelming and desperate need to seek alternative treatments. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been gaining popularity outside of Asian countries, especially in Africa. …
Read More »The Chinese herbal formula Zheng Yi Fang relieves allergic rhinitis
Background: The symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) such as hyposmia, rhinorrhea, nasal obstruction, and cough are similar to those of chronic allergic rhinitis. Such symptoms can easily lead allergic rhinitis patients to unnecessary anxiety, misdiagnosis, and invasive diagnostic tests in the COVID-19 pandemic. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an important mediator for …
Read More »The Chinese herbs Gan Cao and Ban Xia are an effective combination for COVID-19
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) keeps spreading globally. Chinese medicine (CM) exerts a critical role for the prevention or therapy of COVID-19 in an integrative and holistic way. However, mining and development of early, efficient, multisite binding CMs that inhibit the cytokine storm are imminent. Methods: The formulae were extracted retrospectively from …
Read More »Chinese herbal medicine is effective in the management of COVID-19
Background: Since the beginning of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, various complementary and alternative medicines have been used in clinical practice. In this overview, we summarized the evidence for complementary and alternative medicines interventions in the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Methods: For this overview, PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library were searched …
Read More »Chinese herbal medicine can help prevent and treat COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and it has become a public health concern worldwide. In addition to respiratory symptoms, some COVID‑19 patients also show various gastrointestinal symptoms and even consider gastrointestinal symptoms to be the first …
Read More »Commonly used Chinese herbs for epidemics from the Warring States Period to today
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) plays a role in preventing and treating COVID-19 in China. Based on the manifestations and symptoms of COVID-19, our study used the data mining method to summarize related therapeutic experience left by predecessors who used TCM to treat epidemics in their eras. Initially, we collected abundant …
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