Can Herbal Medicine Assist Against Avian Flu? Learning from the Experience of Using Supplementary Treatment with Chinese Medicine on SARS or SARS-Like Infectious Disease in 2003

Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Patients Infected with 2019-New Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): A Review and Perspective

“…Compared with the 0.4% of infection in the control group, none of TCM users infected. Furthermore, there was some evidence that Sang Ju Yin plus Yu Ping Feng San could modulate T cells in a manner to enhance host defense capacity [45,46]. In a controlled clinical study, the supplementary treatment with TCM resulted in marked improvement of symptoms and shortened the disease course [47].…”

“…Additionally, a study by Dong et al reported that the levels of IL-8, TNF-α, IL-17, and IL-23 in the sputum and of IL-8 and IL-17 in the blood were markedly decreased after Lian Hua Qing Wen Capsule treatment in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [83]. A self-control study by Poon et al showed that the administration of the TCM herbal formulas (Sang Ju Yin and Yu Ping Feng San) may have beneficial immunomodulatory effects for the prevention of viral infections including SARS-CoV [46].…”

Responses of Chinese Elderly to the Threat of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in a Canadian Community

“…Thus, the purpose of this study is to document the response of the Chinese elderly in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and to consider their views on SARS contagion from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The Centre for Disease Control & Prevention in China has classified SARS as a type of Wan Bing () (febrile diseases) in TCM, based on the similarities of the two diseases, and the existence of Wan Bing () can be traced back 500 years (Hsu et al, 2006). Thus, TCM practitioners classified SARS as a reemerging disease, and the use of Chinese medicine to manage pandemics and epidemics has been documented in traditional Chinese medical textbooks for more than 1,800 years (Hsu et al, 2006).…”

Improved Pulmonary Inflammation and Fibrosis Progression after Influenza A (H1N1) Infection by Chinese Herbal Medicine: A Case Report

“…The medical profession had less experience of this unprecedented and deadly disease. Although CHM is only a supplementary treatment, these initial findings seem to indicate a possible favorable effect of CHM on SARS or SARS-like diseases in shortening the course of recovery [16]. The experience is worth our further study.…”