Chinese Medicine in Fighting against Covid-19:Role and Inspiration

Jin-gen LI; Hao XU

doi:10.1007/s11655-020-2860-x

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Chinese Medicine in Fighting against Covid-19:Role and Inspiration

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- Chinese Medicine in Fighting against Covid-19:Role and Inspiration
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine Vol. 27, Issue 1, Pages: 3-6(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Cardiology, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing (100700) China
  2.Cardiovascular Disease Center, Xiyuan Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Cardiology,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing (100091),China
- Author bio：
  
  [ "Prof. XU Hao" ]
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- DOI：10.1007/s11655-020-2860-x
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- Published：01 January 2021，
  
  Accepted：25 September 2020
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Jin-gen LI, Hao XU. Chinese Medicine in Fighting against Covid-19:Role and Inspiration. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 27(1):3-6(2021)
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Jin-gen LI, Hao XU. Chinese Medicine in Fighting against Covid-19:Role and Inspiration. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 27(1):3-6(2021) DOI： 10.1007/s11655-020-2860-x.

摘要

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic has caused hundreds of thousands deaths and millions of infections and continued spreading violently. Although researchers are racing to find or develop effective drugs or vaccines

no drugs from modern medical system have been proven effective and the high mutant rates of the virus may lead it resistant to whatever drugs or vaccines developed following modern drug development procedure. Current evidence has demonstrated impressive healing effects of several Chinese medicines (CMs) for Covid-19

which urges us to reflect on the role of CM in the era of modern medicine. Undoubtedly

CM could be promising resources for developing drug candidates for the treatment of Covid-19 in a way similar to the development of artemisinin. But the theory that builds CM

like the emphasis of driving away exogenous pathogen (virus

etc.) by restoring self-healing capacity rather than killing the pathogen directly from the inside and the 'black-box' mode of diagnosing and treating patients

is as important

yet often ignored

an treasure as CM herbs and should be incorporated into modern medicine for future advancement and innovation of medical science.

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Chinese medicineCovid-19SARS-CoV-2coronavirusherbal medicine

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