Traditional Chinese herbal medicine at the forefront battle against COVID-19: Clinical experience and scientific basis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Throughout the 5000-year history of China, more than 300 epidemics were recorded. Traditional Chinese herbal medicine (TCM) has been used effectively to combat each of these epidemics' infections, and saved many lives. To date, there are hundreds of herbal TCM formulae developed for the purpose of prevention and treatment during epidemic infections. When COVID-19 ravaged the Wuhan district in China in early January 2020, without a deep understanding about the nature of COVID-19, patients admitted to the TCM Hospital in Wuhan were immediately treated with TCM and reported later with >90% efficacy.

Approach

We conducted conduct a systematic survey of various TCM herbal preparations used in Wuhan and to review their efficacy, according to the published clinical data;

SUBMITTER: Lee DYW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7521884 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature