Abstract
Covid-19 is a pandemic infective disease, which has been erupting throughout the whole world from 2020 to 2021. There have been at the time of reviewing more than a hundred million cases (102,399,513) of infection, and more than 2 million deaths (2,217,005) in more than 200 countries; this information is taken from the Covid-19 daily situation report issued on 1st Feb 2021 by WHO. The pandemic was also declared as an outbreak of Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30th Jan 2020 by WHO. No effective treatment model has yet been confirmed by conventional western medicine, but some herbal treatments used in China can be recognized as having positive results in Covid-19 cases. This pandemic disaster has been severely damaging to quality of life, disturbing social communication, economic development and the progress of humanity. Successful results were first reported from temporary hospitals (Fangcang Hospitals set up in arenas and exhibition spaces) in Wuhan, China, where more than 90% of patients treated with Chinese herbal medicine were prevented by transferring from the minor or milder stages of the disease to the severe or critical stage. In all of them the positive PCR became negative; herbs were involved in the rescue and treatment of severe and critical cases in ICU’s in hospitals as well. It was an important factor in how Covid-19 was controlled so quickly in China. The author recruited both confirmed and suspected Covid-19 patients through social media (WeChat, WhatsApp, Internet, message etc.) as a volunteer TCM consultant from March 2020, during the first Lockdown phase in UK. It was quickly realized that the appearance of the tongue provides special and significant information for identifying whether Covid-19 is present and shows its severity, from a TCM perspective, as the degree and type of dampness accumulated within the body. Herbal prescriptions were sent by post for patients’ treatment according to their clinical findings, virus exposure history and tongue information (from photos). Similar positive effects were found as in China, and treatment reports and results are summarized here. The author believes there are many herbal medicines that can be effective in controlling the Sars-Cov-2 virus, and that prescribing the appropriate formula to match each individual case is the key point for TCM control of Covid-19. Chinese herbal medicine is the most effective current treatment method that can prevent cases in the minor and ordinary stages from progressing to the severe or critical stage, and so can play a significant role in the decrease and cure of Covid-19.
Highlights
Covid-19 originally erupted in the central city of Wuhan in China Jan and Feb 2020, thousands of patients were infected within days, and all hospitals were rapidly overloaded with cases
As no effective medical treatment could be confirmed from conventional western medical experience, and there existed positive experience in the use of herbs in the successful treatment of SARS in 2003 [1, 2, 3], doctors began treating patients with herbal medicines in the temporary hospitals
Many patients could not be admitted into hospitals or clinics for necessary medical treatment, some manifested quite typical and severe symptoms of Covid-19, and so had to be managed using the diagnostic methods of the TCM approach, and herbal treatments sent out to help them
Summary
Covid-19 originally erupted in the central city of Wuhan in China Jan and Feb 2020, thousands of patients were infected within days, and all hospitals were rapidly overloaded with cases. Authorities in China issued national treatment guidelines [4] for Covid-19 introducing Chinese herbal medicine as the main therapy, to be given to patients as early as possible. Many patients could not be admitted into hospitals or clinics for necessary medical treatment, some manifested quite typical and severe symptoms of Covid-19, and so had to be managed using the diagnostic methods of the TCM approach, and herbal treatments sent out to help them. Formulae for treating Covid-19 as below: If anyone checks positive for at least two items amongst 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3, especially the greasy tongue coating which is a unique and significant sign for our diagnosis, we may assess them as infected or suspected patients with Covid-19, who should be given Chinese herbal medicine for treatment. Pattern of TCM: excessive heat and dampness are accumulated in lungs; Treatment principle: expel excessive heat and dampness; The typical basic formula is Qingfeipaidu Decoction: (National guideline in China)
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