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Source: Xinhua | 2020-03-24 22:33:30 | Editor: huaxia

A medical worker examines a patient with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia
District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

A traditional Chinese medicine decoction has been used in treating COVID-19 patients at
different stages with varied syndromes in 28 Chinese provincial-regions and has received
positive feedback.

BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Research on a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

decoction which has proved effective in treating COVID-19 patients has seen progress, a
medical expert said Tuesday.

The TCM decoction named "Qing Fei Pai Du Tang" has come into the spotlight after being

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Hospital, at a press conference in Beijing.

A number of articles detailing relevant TCM documents and analyses of the prescription
are now available. The basic research on this prescription, such as the active
substances and the therapeutic mechanism, is underway, and it takes time, said Wang.

The decoction has been used in treating COVID-19 patients at different stages with
varied syndromes in 28 provincial-regions across the country and has received positive
feedback. Its application has been extended to suspected cases, according to Wang.

As of Monday, none of the 1,265 confirmed COVID-19 patients under monitoring at 66

designated hospitals in 10 provinces other than Hubei Province had developed from mild
cases to severe cases or from common cases to critical cases after using the decoction,
Wang noted.

Altogether 1,241 patients, accounting for over 98 percent of the total, had been
discharged from hospital after recovery.

Of another 57 severe cases, none of them had developed into critical cases, and 42 of
them had been discharged from hospital after recovery with no liver or kidney damage,
according to Wang.

Research on the quality standard and production of the mixture and compound products of
this prescription has been completed in a bid to promote its clinical application
against COVID-19, said Wang. ■

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