Progress of traditional chinese medicine treating COVID-19

Ming-Xue Li; Yue-Ying Yang; Yang Liu; Meng-Zhu Zheng; Jun Li; Li-Xia Chen; Hua Li

doi:10.4103/wjtcm.wjtcm_68_20

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Year : 2021 \| Volume : 7 \| Issue : 2 \| Page : 167-183

Progress of traditional chinese medicine treating COVID-19 Ming-Xue Li¹, Yue-Ying Yang¹, Yang Liu¹, Meng-Zhu Zheng², Jun Li³, Li-Xia Chen¹, Hua Li⁴ ¹ Wuya College of Innovation, Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China ² School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China ³ Department of Urology and Pharmacology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA ⁴ Wuya College of Innovation, Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016; School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China Correspondence Address: Prof. Hua Li Wuya College of Innovation, Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016; Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030 China Prof. Li-Xia Chen Wuya College of Innovation, Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016 China Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/wjtcm.wjtcm_68_20

The new coronavirus pneumonia (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]), caused by the new coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2]), mainly manifests by fever, dry cough, and fatigue. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 poses a huge threat to people's lives. Unfortunately, so far, there are no effective treatment drugs and vaccines. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has played an important role and achieved good results for treating this epidemic. More than 85% of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in China have received TCM treatment. In this article, we describe the progress of TCM for the COVID-19 therapy.



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