摘要
As the novel coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)and its variants continue to rage into the second year of a global pandemic,many success stories of applying Chinese herbal medicine(CHM)to treat COVID-19 patients continue to emerge from China and other part of the world.Herewith,from a systems medicine perspective,the authors analyze those experiences and categorize them into four major treatment principles:(1)focusing on eliminating toxins in the early stage of the disease,(2)tonifying deficiency of the body throughout the entire disease course,(3)treating the affected lung and intestine simultaneously based on visceral interactions,(4)cooling blood and removing blood stasis at the later stage,as well as interpret the rationale of these principles.This is helpful not only in reducing the complexity of promoting the CHM applications to enhance anti-COVID-19 efficacy,but also in ramping out the process of integrating traditional Chinese medicine with modern medical practices.
随着新型冠状病毒病(COVID-19)全球大流行的第二年,其众多变种继续肆虐,中国和世界其他地区不断涌现出许多应用中药(CHM)治疗COVID-19患者的成功案例。在此,作者从系统医学的角度总结了这些经验,将其归纳为四大治疗原则:(1)早期治疗,注重排毒;(2)扶正补虚,贯穿始终;(3)肺肠同治,脏腑并调;(4)后期抗疫,凉血化瘀。并且解释了这些原则的合理性。这不仅有利于减少推广中药应用的复杂性,进一步提高抗疫疗效,而且有助于加快中医药与现代医疗实践相结合的进程。
