(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) SCO National Medical Experts Talk about "Traditional Medicine Helps the Global Fight against the Epidemic"
China News Service, Nanchang, July 30 (Reporter Liu Zhankun and Wu Pengquan) The 2021 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Traditional Medicine Forum "Traditional Medicine and Human Health" sub-forum hosted by the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences was held in Nanchang, Jiangxi on the 30th, from China, Russia, and Kazakhstan. Stan and other experts in the health and medical field of the SCO countries shared their experience in applying traditional medicine in their country to fight the new crown epidemic, exchanged the clinical advantages and characteristics of traditional medicine from various countries, and contributed more to the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and safeguarding human health.
Huang Luqi, vice chairman of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and dean of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, said that China and the SCO countries are geographically close and civilized, and traditional medicine is an important part of the country's medical and health system.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, some countries have also applied traditional medicine in the process of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of COVID-19 to serve patients.
This shows that before effective drugs and vaccines for the treatment of new coronary pneumonia are available, traditional medicine has also played an important role.
Huang Luqi said that, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic has raged internationally, experts from the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences have actively communicated with experts from the SCO National Hospital on the unique role and clinical experience of traditional Chinese medicine in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, and jointly analyzed clinical cases and discussed Chinese and Western medicine for COVID-19 Combine prevention and treatment programs.
It is hoped that the SCO countries will work together to further utilize the advantages of traditional medicine and jointly contribute wisdom and strength to human health.
Fang Laiying, vice president of the Chinese Hospital Association, said that the Chinese Hospital Association is the largest social organization of medical institutions in China and has been committed to promoting cooperation between Chinese hospitals and international counterparts.
Although the SCO member states have different national conditions, there is vast space and huge potential for exchanges and cooperation in the field of health.
During the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Chinese Hospital Association organized a number of epidemic prevention and control theme video exchanges, and invited medical institutions from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states and neighboring countries and regions to share their experiences.
Expert of the Russian Federation Health Protection Committee Konstantin Vasilyevich Sukhov introduced the clinical application of Russian traditional medical therapies in the treatment of COVID-19 through a video.
He believes that today's new crown epidemic has become one of the most serious problems facing mankind. Traditional medicine cannot be an emergency method to treat new crown virus infection, but it does have an effect and can be used as an auxiliary treatment or a means of rehabilitation and prevention.
In addition, Masarimov Irlan, director of the Traditional Medicine Center of Astana Medical University, Kazakhstan, and Hussein Reijed, Dean of the Traditional Medical College of Tehran Medical University, Iran, used videos to discuss the traditional medicine situation in their respective countries and The clinical experience of treating new coronary pneumonia was exchanged and shared.
According to Li Kun, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, it is clear from the reports of the above experts that traditional medicine has played an important role in epidemic prevention and control, economic recovery, and social stability in various countries.
It is hoped that the SCO countries will unite, cooperate and help each other to promote traditional medicine to make greater contributions to the human health community.
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