What role does Chinese medicine play in preventing and treating COVID-19？ This conference conveys these messages.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan, March 23rd Question: What role did Chinese medicine play in preventing and treating COVID-19? — — The press conference of the State Council Office held in Wuhan conveyed these messages.

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Li Siyuan, Hu Zhe and Yu Pei.

　　More than 4,900 Chinese medicine personnel from all over the country rushed to Hubei, and through practice, we screened out Jinhua Qinggan Granule, Lianhua Qingwen Capsule, Xuebijing Injection, Qingfei Detoxification Decoction, Huashi Detoxification Formula, Xuanfei Detoxification Formula and other "three drugs and three parties" with obvious curative effects & HELIP; … The State Council Press Office held a press conference in Wuhan, Hubei Province on the afternoon of 23rd. Experts of Chinese and Western medicine introduced the important role and effective drugs of Chinese medicine in preventing and treating COVID-19.

　　The role of traditional Chinese medicine has become a highlight of the epidemic prevention and control.

　　"All sectors of society believe that Chinese medicine has played an important role and has become a highlight of this epidemic prevention and control." Yu Yanhong, member of the Central Steering Group, member of the Party Committee of the Health and Wellness Committee and secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Medicine Bureau, said that among the confirmed cases in COVID-19, 74,187 people used Chinese medicine, accounting for 91.5%, of which 61,449 people in Hubei Province used Chinese medicine, accounting for 90.6%.

　　"Centralized isolation and universal use of Chinese medicine are the basis for stopping the spread of the epidemic." Zhang Boli, academician of China Academy of Engineering and president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the data showed that the proportion of "four types of personnel" was over 80% at the beginning of February, dropped to 30% in the middle, and dropped to less than 10% by the end of February.

　　Qiu Haibo, vice president of Zhongda Hospital affiliated to Southeast University and an expert in western medicine, said that from the current clinical observation, Chinese medicine has four functions in the treatment of severe and critical patients in COVID-19: first, it reduces the conversion from mild and ordinary patients to severe patients; second, it reduces the conversion from severe to critical patients; third, it is used for the treatment of severe and critical patients; and fourth, it is used for the rehabilitation of severe and critical patients.

　　"It should be said that Chinese medicine has seen the curative effect in the process of transformation from ordinary to heavy, and has played a certain role in severe treatment, which plays a very important role in rehabilitation treatment." Qiu Haibo said.

　　Yu Yanhong said: "This practice has once again fully proved that the precious wealth left by the ancestor of Chinese medicine has been tested time and again, and it is worth cherishing. It is still useful, effective and economical."

　　A number of effective prescriptions such as "three drugs and three parties" were screened out.

　　Zhang Boli said, don’t panic when you have medicine in your hand. Every time after a major epidemic, there will be good medicine, so there is a saying that "a major epidemic makes a good medicine". There is no specific medicine or vaccine for Covid-19 in this epidemic, so we, like our western colleagues, pay attention to screening effective medicines from old medicines, and at the same time, we have developed several new prescriptions, namely "three medicines and three parties".

　　Yu Yanhong introduced that in the early stage of the COVID-19 epidemic, there was no specific medicine or vaccine, summed up the laws and experience of treating viral infectious diseases with traditional Chinese medicine, explored ancient classic prescriptions in depth, and combined with clinical practice, formed a diagnosis and treatment plan for treating COVID-19 with traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, which became an important feature and advantage of the Chinese plan. A number of effective prescriptions, such as Jinhua Qinggan Granule, Lianhua Qingwen Capsule, Xuebijing Injection, Qingfei Paidu Decoction, Huashi Baidu Prescription and Xuanfei Baidu Prescription, with obvious curative effects, were selected.

　　Qiu Haibo said that from the perspective of western medicine, most chemical drugs are single-targeted, while Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine are more multi-targeted. In other words, Chinese medicine is more like a team fighting.

　　Qiu Haibo quoted Bai Chunxue, a professor at Fudan University, as saying that the results of a randomized controlled trial of Xuebijing and Placebo in the treatment of severe pneumonia, which was completed in 33 hospitals, showed that Xuebijing combined with routine treatment could significantly reduce the 28-day death rate of patients with severe pneumonia, which could be reduced by 8.8%, and it could also significantly make pneumonia seep and absorb faster, shorten the time of instrument ventilation and shorten the length of hospitalization.

　　Liu Qingquan, president of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that Lianhua Qingwen was a prescription developed during the treatment of SARS, and its main functions were clearing away heat and toxic materials, dispersing lung heat, and it had definite curative effect on treating mild and ordinary COVID-19 patients.

　　Zhang Boli said that at present, China has provided 100,000 boxes of Lianhua Qingwen capsules to Italy. Recently, Italy has to add another 100,000 boxes to support Italy’s fight against the epidemic.

　　Huang Luqi, an academician of China Academy of Engineering and president of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, believes that although Chinese medicine and western medicine belong to two different medical systems and have different perspectives on health and disease, they are both based on the fact of clinical efficacy. A large number of clinical comparisons show that "three parties" have played an active role in the treatment of COVID-19.

　　The Chinese medicine community is willing to share its experience in epidemic prevention and treatment with the international community.

　　"The Chinese medicine community in China is willing to further strengthen cooperation and exchanges with the international community, share experience in epidemic prevention and treatment, and provide effective proprietary Chinese medicines, expert consultation and any assistance within its power to countries and regions in need." Yu Yanhong said.

　　"Chinese medicine is a great treasure, and artemisinin is a gift from Chinese medicine to the world." Yu Yanhong said that Chinese medicine was, is and will remain an important weapon for human beings to fight the epidemic. Now China has shared its rescue experience with Japan, South Korea, Italy, Iran, Singapore and other countries through remote video communication and providing technical solutions. We have donated Chinese patent medicines, decoction pieces, acupuncture needles and other medicines and equipment to Italy, France and more than a dozen countries and regions such as Hong Kong, Macao and China.

　　"I don’t worry that Western patients are not ready for Chinese medicine." Huang Luqi said that at present, Chinese medicine has spread to 183 countries and regions, and 103 WHO member countries have approved the use of Chinese medicine acupuncture. The 11th revised edition of the International Classification of Diseases adopted by the 72nd World Health Assembly has included chapters on traditional medicine based on Chinese medicine.

　　"On the basis of the prescription recommended by the national diagnosis and treatment plan, the formula of eliminating dampness and eliminating toxin, which was optimized by the medical team of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Jinyintan Hospital in combination with clinical practice, was affectionately called &lsquo by foreign friends; Q-14’ 。” Huang Luqi explained that the English homonym "CURE" means cure and antidote, and "14" means that this prescription is composed of 14 herbs. Then it is extended to a proverb, that is, "One for all, all for one— — I am for everyone and everyone is for me. " It shows that China is willing to fight side by side with the people of other countries to fight against the epidemic and share the experience and achievements of Chinese medicine.