What do we expect during COVID-19 Pandemic from Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Traditional Chinese Medicine has a strong orientation towards infections and epidemics, which were understood in the old days as “Febrile Illnesses”.  Many medicinal herbs and their combined formulations have been advocated for the treatment of respiratory infections and they remain popular to-day.

Epidemics have imposed frequent public health problems in China in recent decades.  The traditional herbal formulae have been used in the combat against infections under all circumstances and have gained vast support from the Central Government.

The 2003 SARS experience has given a vivid demonstration of the Central Policy.

The current COVID-19 epidemic in China is giving an update of how Chinese Medicine is being used and advocated for infection treatment.

Herbal medicine could not be counter-acting the invading organisms directly in respiratory infection.  Neither would it specifically resist the viral invasion like a vaccine.  Herbal medicine could have the ability to boost up the innate immuno-defense of the individual to allow him to be more capable to resist the invading organism.

Research work could follow the evidence-based principles to prove the broad Preventive Value of the Herbal Formulations.

Author(s): Leung Ping Chung.

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