Xinhua News Agency Beijing, January 3rd question: How can traditional Chinese medicine exert its unique advantages in "protecting health and preventing serious illness"? How to use traditional Chinese medicine for COVID-19 infection more scientifically and effectively? —— The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council Press Conference Responding to Hot Spot Concerns on Epidemic Prevention
Xinhua News Agency Reporters Tian Xiaohang and Li Heng
As the focus of my country’s epidemic prevention and control work shifts to “protecting health and preventing severe disease”, how can traditional Chinese medicine give full play to its unique advantages? Facing the surge in demand for medical treatment and medication among fever patients, what preparations has the traditional Chinese medicine system made? How to scientifically use Chinese medicine after being infected with the new coronavirus? At the press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held on the 3rd, relevant persons in charge of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and experts in traditional Chinese medicine responded to these hot concerns.
The press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Tian Xiaohang
Traditional Chinese medicine plays a unique advantage in layered intervention and reducing the rate of severe disease
Mi Feng, spokesperson of the National Health Commission, said that since the outbreak, China has always adhered to the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine and the simultaneous use of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in medical treatment practices at all levels, giving full play to the unique advantages of traditional Chinese medicine and selecting clinically effective prescriptions such as "three medicines and three prescriptions", which have played an important role in improving the cure rate, reducing the severe disease rate and mortality rate, and promoting the early recovery of patients.
Traditional Chinese medicine has unique advantages in the treatment of new coronavirus infection. Huang Luqi, deputy director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that traditional Chinese medicine can shorten the clearance time and hospitalization time of virus , alleviate clinical symptoms, and reduce the rate of severe disease; treatment with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine can effectively block or slow down the development of severe to critical illness, promote the transformation from severe to mild disease, and reduce the mortality rate. For symptoms such as cough, fatigue, and sweating after the nucleic acid turns negative during the recovery process, traditional Chinese medicine can treat symptoms and play an overall regulatory role.
"In the treatment of severe patients, traditional Chinese medicine can solve prominent symptoms such as high fever, abdominal distension, and constipation." Zhang Zhongde, director of the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the "combination boxing" of traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine work together to achieve "preserving life and treating the disease without harming the patient", laying the foundation for the patient's later recovery.
At present, the focus of my country's epidemic prevention and control work has shifted from "preventing infection" to "protecting health and preventing severe disease." What other role can traditional Chinese medicine play in preventing and treating new coronavirus infection?
"Traditional Chinese medicine can intervene in patients in different layers." Huang Luqi said that patients' symptomatic use of traditional Chinese medicine for home treatment can reduce the risk and pressure of medical institutions and medical resources.
Expand resources, ensure drug supply, and the traditional Chinese medicine system goes all out
China has implemented "Category B and B control" for new coronavirus infections since January 8. Against this background, what preparations has the traditional Chinese medicine system made in terms of patient treatment and drug supply?
Huang Luqi introduced that the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, while instructing various localities to prepare relevant traditional Chinese medicine reserves, issued the "Guidelines for Home Chinese Medicine Intervention for People Infected with New Coronavirus", and encouraged localities to formulate agreed prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of new coronavirus infection, allowing relevant medical institutions to transfer traditional Chinese medicine preparations between medical institutions, and doing everything possible to expand the supply of traditional Chinese medicine.
On December 23, 2022, medical staff of the Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were brewing traditional Chinese medicine in the decoction room. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Xiping Photo
At the same time, the construction of fever clinic, emergency room, pulmonology department, ICU, etc. in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals has been strengthened. At present, all second-level and above traditional Chinese medicine hospitals across the country have set up fever clinics and expanded the capacity of ICU beds; Strengthen severe treatment capabilities, actively carry out Internet diagnosis and treatment , coordinate the use of facilities and equipment and deploy medical staff; strengthen the mechanism of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in severe treatment, requiring further establishment and improvement of an integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine medical treatment model that "has a team, a mechanism, a measure, and is effective".
In addition, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has also actively cooperated with relevant departments to ensure the supply of key traditional Chinese medicines, promote diversified supply of traditional Chinese medicine products, promote and support traditional Chinese medicine hospitals and grassroots medical institutions to strengthen the production and supply of in-hospital preparations and agreed prescriptions, and strengthen the use of traditional Chinese medicine decoctions.
Early treatment, full intervention, and scientific use of traditional Chinese medicine are the most critical.
The "Guidelines for Home-based Traditional Chinese Medicine Intervention for People Infected with New Coronavirus" lists dozens of Chinese patent medicines, and various provinces and cities have also recommended some Chinese patent medicines. How should these Chinese patent medicines be used?
Liu Qingquan, director of the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, said that generally speaking, after early treatment, the body temperature of people infected with the new coronavirus can return to normal in 2 to 3 days. If symptoms such as sore throat, cough, hoarseness, etc. occur, Chinese patent medicines for Xuanfei and Cough can be added;
The elderly, pregnant women, etc. are the key groups for health services. Zhang Zhongde introduced that after the elderly are infected with the new coronavirus, they should use heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs mainly for fever, cold-repelling and detoxifying drugs mainly for cold-dampness, dampness-removing and detoxifying drugs mainly for gastrointestinal symptoms, and Xuanfei detoxifying drugs mainly for asthma and chest tightness. For pregnant women with symptoms of high fever, severe cough, and constipation, you can choose drugs that have no effect on pregnant women and fetuses recorded in the Pharmacopoeia of Traditional Chinese Medicine, but they should be taken under the guidance of a doctor.
In view of the problems that patients infected with the new coronavirus may have during the recovery period, such as fatigue, insomnia, and decreased sense of smell and taste, Qi Wensheng, director of the emergency department of Guang'anmen Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Qi Wensheng, said that during the recovery period, clinically available treatments include lung-clearing, lung-moistening, spleen-strengthening, dampness-removing, etc., and the corresponding prescriptions have good effects.
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