[Explanation] The use of traditional Chinese medicine for prevention has become an important means for the prevention and treatment of new crown pneumonia. In Yichang, Hubei Province, the city's Xiling District distributes uniformly prepared traditional Chinese medicine for key populations and community residents, and actively promotes traditional Chinese medicine to participate in the prevention and treatment of new crown pneumonia. On the morning of the 26th, the reporter visited one of the Chinese medicine distribution points and the community.

[Explanation] From February 6, Xiling District of Yichang City has increased the prevention of traditional Chinese medicine on the basis of daily medical observation and temperature detection for all key contacts such as close contacts and home isolation observers. Then, Chinese medicine was distributed to front-line epidemic prevention and control personnel such as community workers and grid members.

[Explanation] In the National Medical Hall of Xiling Community Health Service Center, various unpacked Chinese medicinal materials can be seen everywhere. In one room, more than 10 medical staff were divided into two groups, and they are stepping up the preparation of Chinese medicine prevention kits and Chinese medicine smoking kits. In addition to the prescriptions for the first six editions of the diagnosis and treatment plan, the new crown pneumonia prevention and cure prescriptions currently used in Xiling District use preventive prescriptions developed by local Chinese medicine experts. Among them, there are 9 prescription medicines in the preventive package, which are perilla leaf, light bamboo leaf, light bean curd, eustoma, mint, gardenia, forsythia, licorice and amaranth.

[Contemporary] Lu Wanta, a TCM practitioner in Xiling Community Health Service Center, Xiling District, Yichang City: (We) based on the local (seasonal and climatic) characteristics of Yichang City and combined the two to produce two TCM treatment programs. The first one is Smoked formula, this is relatively simple to use, convenient and effective, and has strong operability. The second is an oral prophylaxis, which is mainly targeted at close contacts, as well as front-line staff and ordinary residents. The effect is mainly It is a cool solution, clearing the plague.

[Explanation] It is understood that the package of Xiling Community Health Service Center serves Xiling Street, Yaowan Street, as well as medical observation points and centralized isolation points. For those in close contact, preventive Chinese medicine decoctions are prepared according to the formula. For those who test positive for nucleic acid in the isolation point, on the basis of dialectical diagnosis by experts, one person and one person will be treated with Chinese medicine decoction.

[Explanation] As the demand for medicine increases, 32 staff members of the service center arrive at work at 7 am every day to sort, soak, and boil pharmaceutical materials. Each of them works for about 12 hours a day. On average, Chinese medicine fumigation packs and Chinese medicines are prepared every day. More than 3,000 preventive packs and over 1,000 packs of Chinese medicine decoction.

[Contemporary] Chinese medical practitioner Lu Wanta, Xiling Community Health Service Center, Xiling District, Yichang City: This (dispensing) is very large. All of us in the Chinese medicine department are working overtime to work, from the first day of the first month to the present, each of us We didn't take a day off. We all completed the task (preparation of traditional Chinese medicine) in strict accordance with the government's requirements. I believe that this epidemic (prevention and control) can achieve a decisive victory.

[Explanation] At the Changliu Community Neighborhood Committee in Xiling District, Yichang City, the staff is distributing the Chinese medicines distributed. Beginning on February 11, Xiling District issued medicines on demand to ordinary residents, and guided residents in the district to use traditional Chinese medicine for prevention, and Chinese medicine distribution targets are also extending coverage to residents in the district.

[Contemporary] Liu Li, Director of the Neighborhood Committee of Changliu Road Community, Xiling District, Yichang City: The community's decoction and fumigation of Chinese medicine, (Xiling) street (office) guarantees that 40 copies are delivered to our community every day. Priority is given to those who have been diagnosed (patients) and close (cut) contacts (contacts), suspected, discharged or at home (isolated).

[Explanation] According to reports, community residents report Chinese medicine needs to the community through WeChat every day, and the community statistics are reported to the Sub-district Office. After the summary, the Sub-district Office will feed back the demand for medicines to the corresponding community health service centers, and the community health service centers will request Pharmacy. After the traditional Chinese medicine is prepared, it is distributed to residents through the streets and communities.

[Same period] Liu Li, Director of Changliu Community Neighborhood Committee, Xiling District, Yichang: After the grid members collected these needs, they will report to our superior Xiling Street Office, and then the distribution will be unified from above. The medicine came down and was sent from door to door to our residents.

[Explanation] Up to now, the Xiling Community Health Service Center has distributed more than 15,100 pairs of traditional Chinese medicine fumigation packs, more than 24,100 pairs of traditional Chinese medicine prevention packs, and more than 15,900 pairs of traditional Chinese medicine decoctions. According to incomplete statistics, six community health service centers in the district have distributed more than 100,000 Chinese medicines for free.

Dong Xiaobin Li Zhengchao Zhao Ming Hubei Yichang reports

Editor-in-chief: [Liu Xian]