风药治疗新型冠状病毒肺炎

Treatment of COVID-19 with Wind Dispelling Medicine

对于新型冠状病毒肺炎轻症者,风药散邪疏风宣肺,可逐邪外出,风药活血防邪陷营血而转重症,辛温风药又可遏制抗病毒西药之寒凉;风药胜湿针对新型冠状病毒肺炎之病理,减轻肺内炎症,减少黏液阻塞气道,缓解患者的呼吸窘迫;风药散火可清解疏散郁热,防止火热亢盛动风动血以免向营血分转化;风药解郁疏肝,调畅气机,减轻患者的心理负担。对于新型冠状病毒肺炎重症者,主要发挥风药的活血作用,能增强活血凉血散瘀药物的功效,加之风药能散邪走表,及早"透热转气",使病邪从里出表而解。对于新型冠状病毒肺炎恢复期者,风药升清增强补药之力,恢复脾胃健运又固护卫表,防补益药滋腻;风药散邪又可驱赶余邪,调和营卫,防邪外侵;风药疏肝解郁助患者恢复肝脏疏泄之功,体内气机畅达,风药通于春气,有生机蓬勃之性,助患者早日回归正常生活。风药可在疫病早期邪气仍在卫分气分时逐邪外出,防内陷生变,入营血后仍可截断扭转病势,恢复期又可护正气促康复。

For patients with mild cases corona virus disease 2019(COVID-19),Wind dispelling medicine can disperse pathogens to disperse Wind and promote Lung Qi and help it go out to defend as Wei Qi.Wind dispelling medicine can activate blood and prevent evil from being trapped inside to cause severe illness.Wind medicine with pungent flavour and warming character can curb the coldness of the antiviral drug of the western medicine;Wind dispelling medicine,which can overcome Dampness,can be used aimed at relieving the pathology of COVID-19,such as reducing inflammation in the lungs,reducing mucus obstructing the airway,and alleviating the patient′s respiratory distress;Wind dispelling medicine,which is good at dispersing Fire,can clear away stagnant Heat and prevent excessive Heat going to blood.Wind dispelling medicine can relieve depression and soothe the liver Qi,smooth the vitality and reduce the psychological burden of patients.For severe patients with COVID-19,it mainly exerts the blood-activating effect of wind dispelling medicine,which can enhance the effect of the medicine by promoting blood circulation,cooling blood and dissipating blood stasis.In addition,Wind dispelling medicine can dissipate the evil spirits and dispel the surface evil,and"drain the Heat and the evil Qi,so that the pathogens can come out from the inside.For those recovering from COVID-19,Wind dispelling medicine can enhance the power of tonics,restore the health of the Spleen and Stomach to protect the body as well as preventing tonic drugs from getting greasy;Wind dispelling medicine can also drive away the remaining pathogens,reconcile the camp and guard against evil.Invasion;the function of that for soothing the Liver Qi and relieving depression helps patients restore the Liver′s function of dredging the liver Qi,making the body Qi flow unblocked.Wind dispelling medicine,which represents the spring Qi,has the vitality and helps the patient return to normal life as soon as possible.The Wind dispelling medicine can expel the evil spirits in the early stage of the epidemic when the evil spirits are still in the Wei and Qi levels,prevent the invagination of the evils.After the evils entering into the blood level,it can still stop their progress and reverse the disease.During the recovery period Wind dispelling medicine can protect the Zheng Qi and promote recovery.