Title of article :
Traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of coronavirus disease 2019: a review
Author/Authors :
Cui ، Huan-Tian Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cell and Developmental Biology - School of Life Sciences - Shandong University , Li ، Yu-Ting College of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Guo ، Li-Ying Department of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine - Tianjin Second People s Hospital , Liu ، Xiang-Guo Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cell and Developmental Biology - School of Life Sciences , Wang ، Lu-Shan State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology - Microbial Technology Institute - Shandong University , Jia ، Jian-Wei Department of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine - Tianjin Second People s Hospital , Liao ، Jia-Bao Department of Emergency - Jiaxing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Miao ، Jing Department of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine - Tianjin Second People s Hospital , Zhang ، Zhai-Yi College of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine - Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Wang ، Li Department of pharmacy - Tianjin Second People s Hospital , Wang ، Hong-Wu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Wen ، Wei-Bo Department of Endocrinology - Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Abstract :
Since late December in 2019, the coronavirus disease 2019 has received extensive attention for its widespread prevalence. A number of clinical workers and researchers have made great efforts to understand the pathogenesis and clinical characteristics and develop effective drugs for treatment. However, no effective drugs with antiviral effects on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 have been discovered currently. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has gained abundant experience in the treatment of infectious diseases for thousands of years. In this review, the authors summarized the clinical outcome, pathogensis and current application of TCM on coronavirus disease 2019. Further, we discussed the potential mechanisms and the future research directions of TCM against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
Keywords :
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 , Coronavirus disease 2019 , Clinical outcome , Angiotensin , converting enzyme 2 , Traditional Chinese medicine
Journal title :
Traditional Medicine Research
