How does traditional Chinese medicine play a role during epidemic prevention in Xiangyang? The role of traditional Chinese medicine in fighting the epidemic

How does traditional Chinese medicine play an early intervention role in the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in our city?

The treatment plan of the National Health Commission points out that new coronavirus pneumonia belongs to the category of diseases treated by traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine can play an important role in prevention and treatment. Xiangyang City promptly established a Chinese medicine expert group composed of 21 senior Chinese medicine practitioners, and flexibly applied the dialectical treatment of Chinese medicine to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19, and achieved good results.

Actively release the conditioning and preventive effects of traditional Chinese medicine

Leverage the concept and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in "treating diseases before they occur", intervene early, publicize widely, actively guide citizens to believe in and use traditional Chinese medicine, and provide guidance The public should take tea soups that clear and soothe the throat, drink water frequently, keep the throat clean, eat more light food, regulate emotions, calm the mind, and actively build a preventive barrier with traditional Chinese medicine.

Vigorously promote the clinical application of traditional Chinese medicine

In accordance with the requirements of the national diagnosis and treatment plan, each designated hospital promptly conducts training on traditional Chinese medicine treatment for medical staff, improves the joint consultation system of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and implements traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Integrate Western medicine to strengthen syndrome differentiation and treatment. A special COVID-19 treatment area focusing on traditional Chinese medicine treatment has been established in the city's No. 1 Hospital, the city's Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and the city's Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital to summarize and optimize plans and medications in a timely manner. Other designated hospitals have implemented 2-3 agreement parties and their indications for use to ensure that patients can use traditional Chinese medicine as early as possible. At present, all designated hospitals in the city use traditional Chinese medicine in medical treatment. In terms of patient treatment, the participation rate of traditional Chinese medicine reaches more than 96%, and the usage rate of traditional Chinese medicine preparations reaches more than 60%.

According to statistics from four traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, Xiangyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Xiangyang Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Zaoyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and Yicheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, as of 24:00 on February 25, *** had been admitted There were 202 confirmed cases. After taking Chinese medicine, most of the 200 cases' symptoms such as fatigue, fever, cough, sore throat, etc. improved significantly within 2 days. In particular, the fever symptoms generally returned to normal in about 2 days. The effect of Chinese medicine is very obvious. Currently, 121 of these 202 cases have been discharged. In the two special treatment areas of a city hospital that focuses on traditional Chinese medicine for mild and critical cases, 8 critically ill patients showed some improvement in symptoms after using traditional Chinese medicine for 3 days, and their breathing and blood pressure improved significantly.

Care for frontline prevention and control personnel

Currently, about 800,000 bags of traditional Chinese medicine decoctions have been distributed to medical staff, prevention and control personnel and community workers who are carrying out prevention and control treatment on the frontline. Provide traditional Chinese medicine services to those who work in centralized isolation points, as well as high-risk personnel working in centralized isolation points, to help them improve their immunity and reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19.

Strengthen the production and reserve of traditional Chinese medicines

On the one hand, designated hospitals have increased their efforts and organized the purchase of sufficient quantities of proprietary Chinese medicines for backup; on the other hand, they have organized traditional Chinese medicine hospitals at the city and county levels , working overtime to produce traditional Chinese medicine preparations. As of February 26, the city has produced more than 500,000 bags of preventive mixture, which can meet the current needs of prevention and control work.