Abstract
A pneumonia infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019- nCoV) causes an acute respiratory infectious disease that the World Health Organization has announced 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on February 11, 2020. Fever, fatigue, and dry cough are the main manifestations of COVID-19. A few patients have congestion, runny nose, Pain and diarrhea. The presence of humanto- human infection of COVID-19 is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets and contact, and may also be transmitted through aerosols, and the population is generally susceptible [1].
Highlights
Chen et al [9] found that fever, dry cough, headache and fatigue could be allivated in patients with influenza virus pneumonia by the treatment of moxibustion
The National Medical Team of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) have formulated the prevention program of TCM for the isolated people due to the close contact with COVID-19 patients, and those who need at home; made use of Chinese herbs to patients with fever in the hospital for observation and suspected cases of COVID-19; applied TCM methods to mild patients with COVID-19 in the compartment hospital; and attached importance to the intervention of TCM in the recovery period, which showed the comprehensive and full-process participation of TCM in the combat against COVID-19 to reduce new cases and the incidence of severe cases of COVID-19, and relieve the anxiety, depression or nervousness [4]
“Qian Jin Fang” created by Simiao Sun, a very famous Chinese doctor in Tang dynasty, recorded that “everyone travelling in the region around Zhejiang province in China often witnessed two or three acupoints with moxibustion on the body of local people to avoid the invasion of epidemic diseases”
Summary
Chen et al [9] found that fever, dry cough, headache and fatigue could be allivated in patients with influenza virus pneumonia by the treatment of moxibustion. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has played an important role in the fight against COVID-19 in China.
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