[Explanation] On February 23, the Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparation Center, the pharmaceutical machine was booming, the staff did not leave the post for 24 hours, raced against time, and stepped up the production of approved new crown pneumonia preparations. As of the 22nd, the Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has provided free decoctions and preparations for a total of 13,747 depots and 68,735 doses to Shanxi Province for confirmed and suspected cases, susceptible populations, front-line medical staff and Shanxi support Hubei medical teams.

Shanxi Province actively intervened with traditional Chinese medicine in the early stages of the epidemic. As of 24:00 on February 18, 127 of the 131 confirmed cases in Shanxi Province had taken traditional Chinese medicine decoctions and proprietary Chinese medicines. The use rate of traditional Chinese medicines reached 96.9%, with an overall effective rate. Up to 90.3%. On February 14, the Shanxi Provincial Drug Administration and the Shanxi Provincial Health and Health Committee jointly approved the application of the Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for the application for the preparation of five medical institutions for the treatment of new coronary pneumonia. Shanxi also became the fifth province in the country to be approved for the production of new crown pneumonia preparations.

[Contemporary] Hao Xuliang, deputy director of Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine: After we got the prescriptions for the prevention and treatment of new crown pneumonia demonstrated by the expert group, we quickly selected from the Chinese Medicine Formula Research Institute, Central Laboratory and Chinese Medicine Preparation Center of our scientific research system. 25 scientific research backbones were formed, and a scientific research work assistance group was formed to carry out the task division. After getting the task division, our teams quickly started the inspection of the data, as well as the analysis of the prescription, and began to configure the process parameter research and quality standard system. The establishment of the product ensures the uniform and stable quality of the preparation. This time is usually 3 to 6 months to complete. In this case, our scientific research team only got 8 days from the scientific research team and got the approval from the Provincial Drug Administration. This means that in the critical period of epidemic prevention and control, we can ensure the supply of high-quality, uniform and stable control preparations for the different stages of new coronary pneumonia.

[Explanation] The five preparations are the observation phase, the initial phase, the intermediate phase, the intensive phase, and the recovery phase. They are differentiated according to the different situations of different populations facing the new coronavirus. Except for the observation period, the other four preparations are mainly used for confirmed patients and are only supplied to the designated hospitals for new coronary pneumonia.

After the production was approved, the staff of Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparation Center worked in shifts of 24 hours to speed up production. The staff is busy in the 10 pharmaceutical procedures of acceptance, extraction and concentration, vacuum drying, pulverization of extracts, total mixing of powders, granulation of powders, inner packaging of granules, outsourcing of preparations, preparation inspection, storage and transportation.

[Contemporary] Wang Xiaochun, Director of Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparation: Our employees have no grudges and regrets, and some work even 24 hours (work). People who work 24 hours have worked at least three days, which is very hard. Our entire process must ensure the quality of the decoction pieces first, and then produce all in accordance with the specifications to ensure the quality and output, and try our best to meet everyone's medication at full capacity.

Qu Lixia Zhao Huifeng reported from Taiyuan, Shanxi

Editor-in-chief: [Ji Xiang]