Chinese Medicine for Treatment of COVID-19: A Review of Potential Pharmacological Components and Mechanisms

XU Qian-qian; YU Dong-dong; FAN Xiao-dan; CUI He-rong; DAI Qian-qian; ZHONG Xiao-ying; ZHANG Xin-yi; ZHAO Chen; YOU Liang-zhen; SHANG Hong-cai

doi:10.1007/s11655-024-3909-z

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Chinese Medicine for Treatment of COVID-19: A Review of Potential Pharmacological Components and Mechanisms

Review | Updated：2024-12-25

- Chinese Medicine for Treatment of COVID-19: A Review of Potential Pharmacological Components and Mechanisms
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine Vol. 31, Issue 1, Pages: 83-95(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing (100700), China
  2.The Geriatrics Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei (230031), China
  3.School of Medical Information Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou (51006), China
  4.Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing (100700), China
- Author bio：
  
  Prof. YOU Liang-zhen, E-mail: youliangzh@126.com
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s11655-024-3909-z
  CLC：
- Published：2025-01，
  
  Published Online：03 July 2024，
  
  Accepted：2023-08-02
- Accepted：
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XU QIAN-QIAN, YU DONG-DONG, FAN XIAO-DAN, et al. Chinese Medicine for Treatment of COVID-19: A Review of Potential Pharmacological Components and Mechanisms. [J]. Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2025, 31(1): 83-95.
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XU QIAN-QIAN, YU DONG-DONG, FAN XIAO-DAN, et al. Chinese Medicine for Treatment of COVID-19: A Review of Potential Pharmacological Components and Mechanisms. [J]. Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2025, 31(1): 83-95. DOI： 10.1007/s11655-024-3909-z.

摘要

2019 冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 作为 2019 年 12 月以来流行的急性传染性呼吸道疾病

严重威胁全球公共卫生安全. 中医药在 COVID-19 的防治中体现出独特优势

在预防疾病、改善临床症状以及控制疾病进展等方面发挥了重要作用. 本研究系统查阅了中药治疗 COVID-19 的相关文献和报道

基于新冠病毒的生理病理特征

深入综述了中药治疗 COVID-19 的相关物质成分. 通过梳理体内外实验方法

从抑制病毒侵袭复制、改善相关并发症等多维度进一步阐释中药的作用机制. 本研究旨在深入探讨中药治疗 COVID-19 的优势与特点

为中药治疗COVID-19的研究和科学、规范治疗提供依据.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute infectious respiratory disease that has been prevalent since December 2019. Chinese medicine (CM) has demonstrated its unique advantages in the fight against COVID-19 in the areas of disease prevention

improvement of clinical symptoms

and control of disease progression. This review summarized the relevant material components of CM in the treatment of COVID-19 by searching the relevant literature and reports on CM in the treatment of COVID-19 and combining with the physiological and pathological characteristics of the novel coronavirus. On the basis of sorting out experimental methods

in vivo

and

in vitro

the mechanism of herb action was further clarified in terms of inhibiting virus invasion and replication and improving related complications. The aim of the article is to explore the strengths and characteristics of CM in the treatment of COVID-19

and to provide a basis for the research and scientific

standardized treatment of COVID-19 with CM.

关键词

COVlD-19中医药SARS-CoV-2实验方法机制物质成分

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Chinese medicineCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2substance componentmechanismexperimental method

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