ON ADVANTAGES OF TCM IN HEALING NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTION

DOI: http://doi.org/10.33876/2224-9680/2020-1-19/15

Abstract

The new coronavirus has become a global threat for people’s life and health. Today, in the People’s Republic of China, partially due to widespread use of Traditional Chinese Medicine Methods (TCM), the epidemiological situation is under good control. In the process of healing with TCM means, on the one hand, fever, constant coughing and other symptoms are decreased; on the other hand, the risk of quick disease flow is decreased; the patient’s quality of life increases noticeably. The article reviews the application ways of the theory “Treating Disease in Accordance with the Three Factors”.

For citations: Xiang Xin, Zhong Zhen, Li Xiangmei (2020) O preimushhestvah TKM v lechenii novoj koronavirusnoj infekcii [On Advantages of TCM in Healing New Coronavirus Infection.]. Medicinskaja antropologija i biojetika [Medical Anthropology and Bioethics], 1(19).

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