The role of traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019

Practices, Knowledge, and Attitudes of Chinese University Students Toward Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine for the Control of COVID-19

“…1,6 Under such circumstances, the Chinese herbs have been highly valued for the COVID-19 control based on rich experiences of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in applying herbs to combat epidemic diseases over the past thousands of years. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] As one of the most popular and mainstream forms of complementary and integrative medicine worldwide, TCM based on a unique holistic theory has been practiced for more than 2000 years in the Chinese healthcare system, and is gaining more and more attention and popularity around the world. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Focusing on enhancing the human body's resistance to disorders and prevention by improving the inter-connections among components within a holistic system, TCM employs diversified therapeutic methods, such as herbal therapy, acupuncture, massage, moxibustion, fumigation, Qigong, and Taiji boxing, to provide a valuable supplement and a significant contribution to modern medicine.…”

“…[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] As one of the most popular and mainstream forms of complementary and integrative medicine worldwide, TCM based on a unique holistic theory has been practiced for more than 2000 years in the Chinese healthcare system, and is gaining more and more attention and popularity around the world. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Focusing on enhancing the human body's resistance to disorders and prevention by improving the inter-connections among components within a holistic system, TCM employs diversified therapeutic methods, such as herbal therapy, acupuncture, massage, moxibustion, fumigation, Qigong, and Taiji boxing, to provide a valuable supplement and a significant contribution to modern medicine. 16 Although the academic researches in modern Western medicine are ongoing, there is still no effective treatment for quite a few complex and intractable health problems.…”

Attitudes and behaviors on prevention and control of COVID-19 in a less developed village of Southwest China: a cross-sectional survey

“…The cases were later confirmed to be caused by a novel coronavirus ( 1 ) and named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the National Health Council (NHC) ( 2 ) and also the World Health Organization (WHO) ( 3 ). Along with treatment and research into COVID-19, it was vital that control measures among the healthy population be established ( 4 ), and with the unremitting efforts of the whole country, the epidemic has gradually been brought under effective control. While continuing to carry out infection prevention and control, the resumption of normal production is important to safeguard economic and social order ( 5 ).…”