从手足口病谈中医药应对突发公共卫生事件的意义

Meaning of TCM in Answering Emergency Public Hygiene Accidents from Extremity—Mouth Disease

用五运六气理论探讨今年在我国安徽省阜阳市暴发生手足口病流行的根源,认为今年多发痘疹类传染病是常理之中的事,与今年气候的异常有密切关系。手足口病同类疾病如麻疹、风疹等在历史上常见,病机、治则均有共性,暴发流行时中医统称为"疫疹"。中医学对疫疹有丰富的治疗经验和切实有效的防治法则。建议:从中医药治疗SARS的事例,显示了中医药介入应对突发公共卫生事件的价值,中医药在应对突发公共卫生事件中可以发挥重要作用,必须尽快把中医药纳入到国家应对突发公共卫生事件的有关法规中去。建立起一个中西医配合,能充分体现中医药特色和优势的传染病防治体系。

Exploring the source of epidemic extremity mouth disease happened in Fuyang City, Anhui Province in China with Five-elements and Six-nature theories, it views that it is very common to have much pox infectious diseases, which is closely related with abnormal climate of the year. The extremity mouth disease is similar to measles and rash, which is common in history, they have same points in mechanism and treatment principle; when breaking out in the rage, they are generally called ＂pestilence rash＂. TCM has rich experience in treatment and prevention of it. It is suggested here： the SARS treated with TCM shows the value and key function of TCM intervening for emergency public health accidents, we shall sooner bring TCM into related regulations answering for emergency public health accidents, set up a prevention and treatment system of infections fully embodying TCM feature and advantage, combining with western medicine.