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December 2019, in Wuhan, China an outbreak of a new strain of a pneumonia-like virus emerges. By January 7th, 2020 a new case of coronavirus (also known as SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed.
Since then, scientists all over the world have been trying to figure out this new strain of COVID. How it is transmitted, how we can protect ourselves, how the world’s scientists have been working hard to understand this virus, how it spreads, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
Since then there have been numerous research papers published on how Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can treat COVID-19. As we have read the publications we have learned so much, today we are going to share some of the things we have found to help protect and combat COVID-19 using TCM.
Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Patients Infected with 2019-New Coronavirus:
This paper’s purpose was to find treatments using TCM SARS-Cov-2 which was said to be inspired by the treatment methods used during the SARS outbreak in the 2002 Guangdong Province of China (which later spread drastically in 2003). We learned from those studies that there was enough evidence that supported the idea that TCM had beneficial treatments on SAR’s. While the 2002/2003 SARS cases during the 2002/2003 SARS cases, we saw a drastic decrease in the SARS-related deaths once TCM was introduced in conjunction occurred once TCM was introduced as a supplemental treatment method in comparison to the conventional method that was being used at the time. During the SARS outbreak, it was reported that there were over 1,000 volunteers including 926 hospital workers and over 30 laboratory technicians working in high-risk virus laboratories using a TCM herbal extract that had “… resulted in marked improvement of symptoms and shortened the disease course.”
Fast forward to the present day with the 2020 SARS-Cov-2 Pandemic. The National Health Commission (NHC) for the People’s Republic of China reported that over 60,000 confirmed COVID-19 patients (nearly 85% of the total confirmed cases) had successfully been treated with a combination of TCM and conventional medicine. With this information, and more cases being treated with TCM, the NHC has published documents stating that Traditional Chinese Medicine is a recommended treatment of COVID-19 based on symptom differentiation and the stage of the disease. The NHC recommends TCM for both preventative care of the virus, as well as to help the recipient through their illness should they contract it.
Suggested TCM Herbal Formulas (used for the Treatment of SARS-CoV infection)
Before you make a list of items to get at your next outing for the following recipes, keep in mind that herbs are considered to be powerful medicine and that they should be consumed and used only after consulting a professional, especially if a serious illness is involved. Yin Qiao San: Fructus Forsythia, Flos Lonicerae, Radix Platycodonis, Herba Menthae, Herba Lophatheri, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Herba Schizonepetae, Fermented soybean, Fructus arctii, and Rhizoma Phragmitis Shuang Huang Lian: Lonicera japonica, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Forsythia suspensa Sang Ju Yin and Yu Ping Feng San: Sang Ju Yin [made with chrysanthemum, mulberry leaf, and 6 other herbs] and Yu Ping Feng San.
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