【COVID-19】Taiwan Develops Traditional Chinese Medicine for COVID-19
Source：Service Industry Promotion Center
From：Service Industry Promotion Section 1
Update Time：2020/10/13
Traditional Chinese medicine has been treating ailments for more than 2,000 years, and Taiwan has actively participated in research on treatments using Chinese medicine after experiencing the painful experience of SARS 17 years ago. Since COVID-19 emerged at the beginning of this year, Chinese medicine has provided a helping hand; currently a total of 5 hospitals across Taiwan have invested in the treatment of COVID-19 with Chinese medicine and participated in the cure of 21 patients, including 1 critically ill, and 5 patients in serious condition, showing that Chinese medicine treatment has clear empirical effects in avoiding complications, and shortening the length of hospital stays.
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On June 1, 2020, the National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, MOHW, announced the "Guidelines for Clinical Stage and Treatment of COVID-19 in Traditional Chinese Medicine", formulating treatment recommendations for patients with mild, severe, and critical symptoms, as well as convalescent COVID-19 patients. Wen-hui Chiu, deputy director of the National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, pointed out that Chinese medicine treatments focus on two aspects: virus suppression and prevention of hormone storms. For example, Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang Qin) has antiviral and immunomodulatory effects; heartleaf houttuynia herb and radix isatidis mainly have antiviral effects.
written by : CHLOE LIN