从治未病角度谈艾灸在防治新型冠状病毒肺炎中的应用

Application of Moxibustion in the Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19

自我国湖北武汉爆发新型冠状病毒肺炎之后,此病陆续在全国出现,具有很强的传染性及流行性。目前尚未有针对新型冠状病毒肺炎的特效药物及疫苗,但中医药在对其防治中越发凸显出独特的优势,艾灸作为中医学中重要的一部分,也当发挥其不可忽视的作用。艾灸疗法具有温经散寒、固护正气、趋避邪气及杀菌消毒等功效,本研究从治未病的角度,分未病先防、既病防变、瘥后防复3个方面进行阐述,探讨艾灸对新型冠状病毒肺炎的防治作用,力求充分探索挖掘艾灸对新型冠状病毒肺炎的防治潜力与价值。

In December 2019,after the outbreak of COIVD-19 in Wuhan of China,the disease has appeared in all over the world,which is strongly infectious and epidemic.There is no specific drug or vaccine for COIVD-19 so far,but TCM has increasingly shown its unique advantages in the prevention and treatment of the disease.Moxibustion,as an important part of TCM,should also play its role in treating COVID-19.Moxibustion therapy has the functions of warming meridians,dispersing cold,consolidating and protecting the healthy-qi,warding off evil-qi,as well as sterilizing and disinfecting.This study discussed the preventive and therapeutic effects of moxibution on COIVD-19,in terms of prevention before disease,change prevention after disease,relapse prevention after disease,to fully explore the potential and value of moxibustion in the prevention and treatment of COIVD-19.