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ReviewChinese journal of natural medicines2020

Traditional Chinese Medicine: an effective treatment for 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP).

Hong-Zhi DU, Xiao-Ying Hou, Yu-Huan Miao, Bi-Sheng Huang, Da-Hui Liu

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Review in Chinese journal of natural medicines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. The add-on effect of Chinese herbal medicine on COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hong-Zhi DUSchool of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China.
Xiao-Ying HouKey Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (Ministry of Education), State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
Yu-Huan MiaoSchool of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China.
Bi-Sheng HuangSchool of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China.
Da-Hui LiuSchool of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China. Electronic address: liudahui@hbtcm.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The novel coronavirus pneumonia broke out in 2019 and spread rapidly. In 30 different countries, there are over seventy thousand patients have been diagnosed in total. Therefore, it is urgent to develop the effective program to prevent and treat for the novel coronavirus pneumonia. In view of Traditional Chinese Medicine has accumulated a solid theoretical foundation of plague in ancient and recent decades. Meanwhile, Traditional Chinese Medicine can provide the more effective and personalized treatment via adjusting the specific medicine for each patient based on the different syndromes. In addition, TCM often has different effect on the distinct stages of diseases, contributing to the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. Nowadays, TCM has exhibited decent effect in the in the fight against NCP. Therefore, it is convinced that Traditional Chinese Medicine is an effective treatment for 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia.

Indexed as

Medicine, Chinese TraditionalBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Drugs, Chinese HerbalHumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Drugs, Chinese HerbalInfectious diseasesInflammationNovel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)Novel coronavirus pneumoniaTraditional Chinese Medicine

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PMID32245590
PMCPMC7270732

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