The State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference at 15:00 today. Responsible persons from relevant departments and bureaus of the National Health Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and relevant experts attende

Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Director Liu Qingquan China Net Dong Ning

China Net Live News December 9 State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Press conference was held at 15:00 today. Responsible persons from relevant departments and bureaus of the National Health Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and relevant experts attended to introduce the relevant situation of medical service guarantee in combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and answered questions from media. The following is the transcript of the relevant content:

China Central Radio and Television Station Financial Program Center Reporter:

Now everyone is more concerned. If you are infected with new crown , what conditions do you need to take Chinese medicine? How should Chinese medicine be chosen? Thanks.

Liu Qingquan:

Thank you, you asked a very good question. Traditional Chinese medicine treats new coronary pneumonia, which can be said to be very effective in all types.

First, for mild and ordinary types, if we use traditional Chinese medicine treatment as soon as possible and start taking medication when we feel uncomfortable, it can not only improve symptoms, especially for Omickron mutant strain, which can improve symptoms such as fever, throat pain, sore joint pain throughout the body, and fatigue, and can also shorten the time. At the same time, the situation of transformation to severe and critical illness has been greatly reduced.

Second, for severe and critical patients, combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine to give full play to their respective advantages. Traditional Chinese medicine has a good effect in improving fever, promoting inflammation absorption, and improving gastrointestinal function, and is of great value to the success rate of rescue.

Third, for key groups, different from southeast, west and north. According to the local climate and human physical characteristics, interventions for key groups such as close contacts may be interventions of traditional Chinese medicine with the same origin of medicine and food, or non-drug interventions of traditional Chinese medicine. We have promoted the forward movement of the checkpoints and achieved good results. For example, for the asymptomatic infection of , the number of confirmed cases was reduced after intervention.

Fourth, when rehabilitation patients have needs, traditional Chinese medicine talks about "recovering after recovery", using traditional Chinese medicine methods, acupuncture methods, massage methods, and traditional exercises to promote improvement of lung function and improve symptoms such as fatigue. At the same time, it also plays a very good role in relaxing mood, enhancing physical fitness, improving immunity, and to improve immunity.

Generally speaking, is a Chinese patent medicine that has the effects of relieving wind and clearing heat, removing dampness and detoxifying, and clearing plague and promoting lungs. It has very good therapeutic effects on Omickron at present. Not limited to drugs in the Ninth Edition regimen. According to the principle of "adapting to the conditions" in traditional Chinese medicine, the medicines for treating colds are different depending on the time, place and person, different regions, different groups and different seasons. The selection range of Chinese patent medicines is very wide. However, if the condition worsens, the National Health Commission has issued a home treatment guide for people infected with the new coronavirus. In the home guide, if the condition worsens, you must go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in a timely manner, so as to ensure the safety of every infected person.