Chutian Metropolis Daily reported on April 2 that after being cured and discharged from the hospital, Mr. Liu, a COVID-19 patient who lives in Hankou, has been having trouble sleeping and sweating at night. After Lu Lijun, deputy director of the pulmonary disease department of th

Chutian Metropolis Daily reported on April 2 (Reporter Zheng Jingjing, Correspondents Zhang Shu and Bo Yunna) After Mr. Liu, a COVID-19 patient who lives in Hankou, was cured and discharged from the hospital, he has been sleeping poorly and sweating at night. A few days ago, he went to the COVID-19 Rehabilitation Clinic of Hankou Campus of Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for medical treatment, only to find out that he had Qi and Yin deficiency. After more than a week of treatment with traditional Chinese medicine decoctions, Mr. Liu's condition improved.

A patient is visiting the COVID-19 rehabilitation clinic.

Mr. Liu is a COVID-19 patient who was admitted to a large hospital in Wuhan for treatment in February this year. In early March, after he was cured and discharged from the hospital, he suffered from cough, chest tightness, easy sweating at night, and poor sleep for half a month. After learning that Wuhan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has a COVID-19 rehabilitation clinic, he came to the Hankou branch of the hospital for treatment a week ago. After Lu Lijun, deputy director of the pulmonary disease department of the hospital, received the patient, after detailed examination and questioning, combined with the patient's tongue coating, pulse and other conditions, it was considered that he had Qi and Yin deficiency after being cured and discharged from the hospital. She used traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and treatment methods to prescribe Chinese medicine for replenishing qi and nourishing yin, and gave him targeted dietary guidance. She also asked the patient to exercise appropriately at home through Baduanjin, Tai Chi and other methods. After more than a week of treatment according to the doctor's instructions, Mr. Liu told the doctor on April 2 that his cough and chest tightness had greatly improved, and his sleep at night was much better.

"It is also very important for COVID-19 patients to recover after being cured and discharged from the hospital." Lu Lijun said that from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, COVID-19 is an epidemic disease with dampness and poison as the main pathogenesis. It is easy to linger in the body and has a long course. Although some patients with mild symptoms have met the discharge standards, they often still have symptoms such as cough, chest tightness and even palpitation, night sweats, insomnia, anxiety, etc. For some severely ill patients, lung function damage is prone to occur. Therefore, even if COVID-19 patients meet the discharge criteria, they still need follow-up rehabilitation measures to help relieve and eliminate the above symptoms and restore lung function.

She said that traditional Chinese medicine has advantages in the rehabilitation treatment of new coronavirus pneumonia. It generally helps recovery through the following four aspects:

The first is the use of traditional Chinese medicine decoction, which is the most important . For patients in the recovery period, Chinese medicine practitioners will treat them according to the patient's constitution and specific conditions, using traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and treatment. For example, for some patients with impaired lung function, Chinese medicine practitioners will use some Chinese medicines that replenish qi, activate blood circulation, and remove blood stasis to help patients; some patients have digestive system symptoms, such as indigestion, bloating, and poor appetite, etc. Chinese medicine practitioners Chinese medicine that strengthens the spleen and stomach will be used to help patients.

The second is to use some appropriate techniques of traditional Chinese medicine, such as acupuncture, moxibustion, etc. Chinese medicine practitioners can target some specific acupoints and meridians of the human body to achieve conditioning effects on patients through external treatment with traditional Chinese medicine.

Patients visit the COVID-19 rehabilitation clinic

The third is to guide exercise. patients can appropriately perform some traditional Chinese medicine exercises such as Baduanjin and Tai Chi every day according to their own tolerance, which is helpful for the recovery of the patient's lung function.

The fourth is dietary guidance. doctors will provide patients with targeted dietary guidance to achieve the effects of appetizing, lung-friendly, calming, and laxative.

Lu Lijun said that the hospital opened a COVID-19 rehabilitation clinic on February 24, mainly using online and offline methods. Offline outpatient clinics are set up, and patients can go to the hospital to register for treatment; online, it is mainly in the form of an Internet hospital, with a team of in-hospital experts answering online patient consultations.

According to incomplete statistics, as of press time, the hospital’s COVID-19 rehabilitation clinic has received more than 400 COVID-19 patients in its offline outpatient clinic.