从调节免疫力谈中医药防治新型冠状病毒肺炎

Discussion on prevention and treatment of COVID-19 with traditional Chinese medicine from immunoregulation

从中医扶正祛邪、调和阴阳的防治大法,审证求因、辨证论治的指导原则,以及未病先防、既病防变的"治未病"核心内涵3个方面阐释中医药通过调节人体免疫力来防治新型冠状病毒肺炎的作用及意义。认为中医药可有效防治该疫病归因于其独具特色的"正气"理论,这一学术思想与现代免疫学的内涵有异曲同工之处。

The role and significance of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) in preventing and treating coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) through regulating human immunity was explained from three aspects: the first is the prevention and treatment methods of strengthening body resistance, eliminating pathogenic factors and harmonizing yin and yang, the second is the guiding principles of identifying etiology based on differentiation of symptoms and signs and treating in accordance with pattern identification, and the third is the core connotation of "preventive treatment of diseases"—preventing diseases before the occurrence and preventing changes of existing diseases. It is believed that TCM can effectively prevent and treat COVID-19 due to its unique theory of "healthy qi", which shares something in common with the connotation of modern immunology.