(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The fight against the fifth wave of the epidemic sounded the horn of the general mobilization of the Chinese medicine community in Hong Kong
China News Agency, Hong Kong, April 15 (Reporter Han Xingtong) During Hong Kong's fight against the fifth wave of the new crown epidemic, the Chinese medicine community was highly involved, not only devoted to the frontline treatment of new crown patients, but also focused on the academic research on the new crown virus in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.
Feng Yibin, Dean of the School of Chinese Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), recently described in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that the fight against the fifth wave of the epidemic has sounded the clarion call for the general mobilization of the Chinese medicine community in Hong Kong.
"From the SAR government to the industry, universities, and the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, the entire Chinese medicine community has moved." Feng Yibin believes that the participation of the Chinese medicine community is all-round. It not only provides remote consultation and outreach services, but also has multiple The University College of Traditional Chinese Medicine took over the temporary care center, and the Central China-aided anti-epidemic Chinese medicine expert team also came to Hong Kong for inspection and guidance, and settled in the New Crown Treatment Center of AsiaWorld-Expo.
Zhang Chen, the founder of Deshan Medical and a registered Chinese medicine practitioner in Hong Kong, also said that since the handover of Hong Kong, even in the major public health incidents in the past few decades, the level of participation of Chinese medicine is unprecedented in history.
In fact, since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Hong Kong in early 2020, Chinese medicine has been involved in the fight against the epidemic, "but since there were not many cases at that time, the medical system could cope with it, and once a patient was diagnosed, he would enter the hospital system for isolation and treatment. Intervention only stays in rehabilitation treatment." Feng Yibin said.
However, the Chinese medicine community in Hong Kong has not been idle because of this. They have paid attention to and collected the experience of Chinese medicine in the Mainland, and conducted academic research. Related papers have been published one after another. Program.
Feng Yibin believes that these have laid the foundation for Hong Kong Chinese medicine practitioners to assist in the fight against the fifth wave of the epidemic, and played a very good guiding role.
The severity of the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong is far more severe than the previous four.
The timely intervention of traditional Chinese medicine has filled the gap in the medical system.
Zhang Chen believes that traditional Chinese medicine has obvious effects in the treatment of new crowns, especially in reducing complications and reducing severe cases.
Zhang Chen took the patients treated by his medical group as an example. From February 20 to March 10, Deshan Medical treated a total of 2,000 patients, ranging in age from a few months to 103 years old, and no case was transferred. Severe cases or need to enter the hospital for emergency treatment.
From his own clinical experience, Feng Yibin also recognizes the effect of TCM treatment. "Generally, patients can take two or three days of medicine, and their symptoms can be alleviated, and they will recover after five or six days, and it is rare to find more and more serious problems." Yu and Feng Yibin pointed out that traditional Chinese medicine has also played a role in the treatment of recovered patients, alleviation of adverse reactions, and mental treatment of public anxiety and insomnia under the epidemic.
At the same time, Feng Yibin and Zhang Chen both believe that the arrival of the Central China-aided anti-epidemic TCM expert group and the Chinese patent medicine donated by the mainland to Hong Kong are a powerful driving force for the anti-epidemic and future development of TCM in Hong Kong.
Zhang Chen said frankly that the recognition of traditional Chinese medicine by Hong Kong citizens has been greatly improved.
Feng Yibin said that mainland Chinese medicine practitioners can be said to be involved in the whole process and in-depth anti-epidemic. The Chinese medicine experts who came to Hong Kong have experienced large and small anti-epidemic battles in various cities and have rich experience, which can be used for reference by the Hong Kong industry.
Zhang Chen added, "The sharing of these experiences has also deepened the local Chinese medicine's determination to overcome the epidemic with Chinese medicine." (End)