“…Chinese herbal medicine is frequently co-prescribed with modern pharmaceuticals to treat infections presented with acute respiratory symptoms [ 22 ]. When adjunctively administered with standard treatments, TCM can expedite viral clearance, reduce hospitalization duration, and accelerate the resolution of clinical symptoms [ [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] ]. Consequently, the 9th edition of “Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia” published by the Chinese National Health Commission, has incorporated several TCM regimens as standard treatment approaches for mild to moderate COVID-19 cases [ 22 ].…”