Effectiveness and Safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating COVID-19: Clinical Evidence from China
Dongmei Xing, Zhibin Liu
Abstract
Decoction), as well as other strategies based on TCM theory to effectively treat COVID-19. Studies have reported that TCM treatment plays a significant role in improving the clinical symptoms, shortening the duration of hospitalization, reducing the overall mortality rate, obtaining favorable treatment outcomes in patients with severe COVID-19, preventing disease progression, improving quality of life and immunity, and reducing the positive rate of viral nucleic acid testing. TCM treatment has a fairly high degree of safety, but the level of evidence needs to be further improved.
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MedicineTraditional Chinese medicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Traditional medicineMedical prescriptionDiseaseOutbreakIntensive care medicineAlternative medicineInternal medicinePharmacologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologyPathologyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentLong-Term Effects of COVID-19