Chinanews.com, Beijing, April 24 (Lang Lang) "The new coronary pneumonia epidemic is difficult to stop like SARS. According to the current spread of the epidemic in the world, it is expected that there will be a second wave of autumn and winter this year."

　　Zhang Boli, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, made the above statement in a video interview with ChinaNews on the 23rd. He predicts that the new coronary pneumonia epidemic will not stop in the next one to two years, and Chinese medicine has also shown a unique advantage in the fight against the epidemic, and overseas interest in Chinese medicine has increased significantly.

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Frontline of war epidemic: Chinese medicine with deep participation shows advantages

　　After the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia, more than 4,900 Chinese medicine people from all over the country mobilized to support Hubei. As an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 72-year-old Zhang Boli University was ordered to go to Wuhan on the third day of the crisis.

　　After 82 days of hard work, Zhang Boli deeply participated in the whole process of Wuhan's anti-epidemic. Due to overwork, Zhang Boli had a cholecystitis attack and underwent minimally invasive gallbladder removal surgery in Wuhan. On the third day after the operation, he went back to work. He said: "The liver and gallbladder are the same, I left the gallbladder here."

　　Like Zhang Boli's "deep participation" in the fight against the epidemic, he also engaged in the cause of traditional Chinese medicine.

　　"This time, TCM intervention is relatively deep. There are more than 80,000 diagnosed patients nationwide, and TCM intervention treatment accounts for more than 70,000, accounting for 91% of the total; more than 90% of patients involved in Hubei, they all have varying degrees of Chinese medicine is used. "Zhang Boli used a set of intuitive data to illustrate the degree of intervention of Chinese medicine in the anti-epidemic process.

　　For more than 80 days of the first-line epidemic, he concluded that the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment process: especially for the treatment of mild patients, traditional Chinese medicine can shorten the duration of symptoms and shorten the time for patients to turn negative. Improve the absorption of inflammation in the lungs, reduce the proportion of light to heavy, improve the cure rate, and reduce the mortality rate.

　　Despite this, the most urgent thing people want to know about the epidemic is the research and development of special drugs and vaccines.

　　Because new coronary pneumonia is a new infectious disease, there are no special drugs and vaccines, so the new use of old drugs is a commonly adopted method. Western medicines such as chloroquine phosphate and ridacive, as well as traditional Chinese medicines such as Lianhua Qingwen, Jinhua Qinggan and Xuebijing injection, all fall into this category.

　　Zhang Boli introduced that TCM has developed three clinical experience recipes for clearing lungs and detoxifying, eliminating dampness and detoxifying the lungs, and detoxifying the lungs in practice. Continuous improvement in use, made into decoctions, granules, new drug declaration in accordance with the new drug declaration procedures, two of which have received clinical approval.

　　"The great epidemic produces good medicine. Under this great epidemic situation, it is our excellent tradition to discover a batch of good medicine and develop a batch of good medicine."

Data picture: The picture shows Zhang Boli (middle) preparing to enter the Wuhan Jiangsha Anshan Rehabilitation Station to ask the rehabilitation staff for consultation. China News Service reporter Zhang Changshe

Overseas understanding and demand for Chinese medicine is much higher than before

　　When the epidemic spread around the world, the experience of "epidemic" in the war of Chinese medicine also went abroad.

　　In Zhang Boli's view, China has learned three lessons from the international community in the fight against the epidemic, including Chinese medicine.

　　The first experience is "four early", that is, early detection, early reporting, early isolation, and early treatment can block the source of infection and the transmission route; the second experience is that all should be collected, cured, and treated The patients who arrive at the hospital and isolation points must be actively treated for all kinds of patients; the third experience is that both Chinese and Western medicines should be equally important, and that both Chinese and Western medicines should be used together. Emphasize the treatment of integrated Chinese and Western medicine.

　　Zhang Boli introduced that during this time, the experience of Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine was widely introduced to the world through online video conferences, medical teams, peer exchanges, and donations of medicines. In addition, many consulting websites have been set up in China to answer questions and provide Chinese medicine anti-epidemic experience for people in need worldwide.

　　"In this epidemic, overseas understanding, demand, and interest in Chinese medicine are much more active than before." Zhang Boli said.

　　However, he specifically mentioned the "Lianhua Qingwen" that has attracted the attention of netizens at home and abroad: Thailand has approved the registration of Lianhua Qingwen, and Ecuador has also approved it as a drug registration, which can be sold. Approving.

Data map: Guangdong Chinese medicine anti-epidemic materials and Chilean and Iranian staff are affixing signs on anti-epidemic materials. Photo by Chen Peng

Be wary of misunderstandings: disagree with group immunization, it is necessary to wear a mask

　　Because new coronary pneumonia is a new disease, people have limited knowledge about it. Views such as "group immunization" and "whether wearing a mask are useful" once caused controversy.

　　"I don't agree with the method of group immunity, especially at the expense of some people's lives in exchange for group immunity." Zhang Boli said.

　　He said that more than half of the population produces antibodies to achieve group immunity, which may involve hundreds of millions of people, more than one billion people are infected, and a large number of people may die, which is undesirable.

　　"We are now accelerating the development of vaccines. Once the vaccines are successfully developed, group immunization will soon be achieved. This is a passive immunization." Zhang Boli said.

　　In the interview, Zhang Boli specially reminded overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese that they must do "three, three and more", that is, go out less, gather less, eat less, wash more hands, ventilate more, and rest more.

　　"These are simple, but they are meaningful." He believes that the reason why some countries do not control epidemic conditions so often is that they have problems in isolation, and some people do not wear masks. "Now there are no symptoms. If you do n’t wear a mask, people who are infected are easily infected by close contact. ”

Data Map: Customers wear masks and wait in line for shopping. China News Service reporter Liu Guanguan

The epidemic may not be completely stopped within a year or two.

　　The epidemic has no borders. Nowadays, people are getting closer and closer. No country or anybody can be alone. At present, the international epidemic situation is still grim, and Zhang Boli has also made a judgment on the future epidemic situation.

　　He believes that the development of the global epidemic situation is divided into different situations. Italy, Spain and other European countries have begun to slow down, but countries such as the United States are still developing the epidemic situation, which is still growing at a high speed every day.

　　Zhang Boli said, but what is most worrying now is that the outbreaks in some developing countries are unclear, such as India and African countries, there are not many patients now, there may be really few, but it may also be because the testing capacity is not enough. Found all patients, this is the most worrying. "Some people say that the next wave is likely to be these developing countries. This danger exists."

　　Regarding the "inflection point" of the overseas epidemic situation, Zhang Boli said that he hopes that the isolation of European countries will be stricter and the "inflection point" will be officially turned over. "As long as the isolation is strict, there will be 1-2 months, and you can see obvious results."

　　For the future, Zhang Boli said that the new coronary pneumonia epidemic may be difficult to stop like SARS.

　　"After the outbreak of SARS that year, it was hot in June, and the virus stopped abruptly, and there was no trace. However, it is estimated that New Coronary Pneumonia will not have this situation. Like India and Indonesia, their temperature is very high, but they are also infectious, so it may be There is no absolute relationship with temperature, there may be a second wave of autumn and winter this year. "Zhang Boli said.

　　He believes that the new coronary pneumonia epidemic may not be completely stopped within one to two years, but it is expected that the vaccine will come out after one to two years, and it can be gradually controlled by the general vaccine. When most people produce antibodies, neopneumonia is a normal disease that coexists with humans. (Finish)