China News Service, Shanghai, March 24 (Reporter Chen Jing) Recently, Shanghai is facing the most severe and complex challenge of the epidemic situation since the normalization of prevention and control.
The reporter learned on the 24th that since March 1 to the present, Shanghai has achieved full coverage of traditional Chinese medicine treatment for the treatment of local confirmed patients. treat.
In centralized isolation places, Chinese and Western medicine physicians conduct joint rounds and consultations of Chinese and Western medicine throughout the process.
In this round of the epidemic, the Chinese medicine industry in Shanghai took the initiative to take the initiative to promote Chinese medicine to fully and deeply participate in the whole process of epidemic prevention and recovery.
Zhang Wei from Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is a member of the Shanghai New Coronary Pneumonia Treatment TCM Expert Group.
He told reporters that the new coronary pneumonia belongs to the category of damp toxin epidemic, most of which are medical observation, asymptomatic patients and confirmed mild patients. , with the goal of accelerating virus removal.
He and the members of the municipal TCM expert group have always believed that TCM can play a better role in the treatment of patients.
It is understood that in the temporary practice points of the Shanghai Public Health (Public Health Center) Clinical Center, there are Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (hereinafter referred to as "Yueyang Hospital") and Shanghai There are 3 TCM medical teams in the TCM hospital.
After receiving the order for the medical team to enter the temporary practice site, within a few hours, a mixed team of 300 doctors, nurses and hospital infection control personnel quickly assembled and quickly entered the ward to treat patients.
Among them, there are veterans who have supported the public health center many times, there are heroes who have been fighting the epidemic in Hubei who have been fighting on the front line, there are the backbones of the departments who have supported the fever clinic many times, and there are new forces under training.
The TCM medical team gives full play to the characteristics and advantages of TCM, and actively uses TCM techniques to carry out treatment work.
The reporter learned from the Shanghai Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine that day, in terms of specific prescriptions and drugs, TCM experts flexibly apply Chinese patent medicines such as Lianhua Qingwen Granules, Tanreqing, Xuanfei Zhike Mixture, Liushen Pills, etc., and use Chinese medicine decoctions together. Efforts have been made to solve the symptoms of fever, headache, cough, sore throat and other symptoms of patients, and good results have been achieved.
In addition, the medical team also used non-drug therapy such as acupuncture, acupuncture and massage to highlight the concept of traditional Chinese medicine to exorcise evil spirits and strengthen the righteousness to help patients improve their own immunity.
Lu Lingyun from Ruijin Hospital told reporters in an interview that when treating patients in a centralized isolation and treatment place, the doctor calmed the patient's emotions during the consultation process through a preliminary understanding of the condition and made them relax.
Doctors also asked patients to scan the QR code through the TCM syndrome questionnaire and provide photos of their symptoms and tongue coating to better understand the patient's physical condition.
After leaving the isolation ward, the doctor can prescribe Chinese patent medicine or Chinese herbal medicine to the patient according to the TCM consultation form filled out by the patient just now, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening the body and eliminating pathogenic factors.
In the process of treating positive infected patients, Chinese and Western medicine colleagues cooperated with each other and worked together to treat them.
In the centralized isolation and treatment places, Ruijin Hospital and Huashan Hospital have formed a medical team with the participation of traditional Chinese medicine physicians and western medicine physicians, and carried out joint rounds and consultations of traditional Chinese and western medicine throughout the whole process. The preventive side is delivered to the patient.
Under the coordination of the Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Association, a number of medicinal material companies in Shanghai such as Wanshicheng, Tongjitang, Kangqiao, and Zhenrentang, as well as formula granule manufacturers such as China Resources Sanjiu, Yifang Pharmaceutical, and New Green, have accelerated the production progress and made every effort to ensure Supply of Chinese herbal medicines.
In addition to the public health center, the company also donated about 30,000 TCM formula granules or TCM decoction pieces to centralized isolation and treatment points such as Ruijin North Hospital and Huashan North Hospital.
At the same time, the company also actively donated traditional Chinese medicines to medical institutions to jointly assist in the treatment of new coronary pneumonia with traditional Chinese medicine.
During the interview, the reporter learned that according to the new situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Shanghai released the "Prevention Plan for Oral Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Exogenous Epidemic Diseases in Susceptible Populations in Spring 2022" in a timely manner to promote the linkage of each district with the four major regional traditional Chinese medicine associations and the Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Association. A network of prevention and intervention of traditional Chinese medicine has been formed to provide traditional Chinese medicine preventive tea and decoction prescriptions for key groups such as close-contact and sub-intensive contact at centralized isolation points.
According to statistics, since March 1, TCM medical institutions in Shanghai have distributed more than 350,000 TCM preventive prescriptions to key groups of people in isolation places, and the preventive intervention rate for key groups has remained above 97%.
The preventive intervention of traditional Chinese medicine also extends to colleges and universities, elderly care institutions, etc.
In Yueyang Hospital, several senior clinical TCM physicians developed the "Qing Shu Gu Prescription" based on years of medical experience.
Wang Zhenwei, a member of the municipal expert group of the Shanghai New Coronary Pneumonia Treatment Team and director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine of Yueyang Hospital, introduced to reporters that this recipe is very particular about compatibility and has a sweet taste.
Among them, honeysuckle and daqingye clear heat and detoxify; astragalus tonifies qi and solidifies the surface; tangerine peel and rose flower invigorates the spleen and regulates qi; wolfberry nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, etc.
Wang Zhenwei told reporters: "'Qing Shu Gu Fiao Fang' can be widely used in the prevention of respiratory infectious diseases by traditional Chinese medicine, and can be taken by ordinary people, especially for susceptible people with weak constitutions." (End)