基于中医“治未病”思想拓展COVID-19无症状感染者的防治策略

Expanding the Prevention and Treatment Strategies for Asymptomatic Infections of COVID-19 Based on the Idea of"Preventive Treatment of Disease"in Traditional Chinese Medicine

随着奥密克戎毒株的流行、核酸检测效率的提高和大规模的疫苗接种,COVID-19无症状感染者数量明显增加,其具有传播隐匿性、症状主观性、发现局限性的特征,给疫情防控带来了巨大挑战。本文结合中医“治未病”思想的“三防理论”和当前COVID-19无症状感染者的特点,提出“未病先防”需养护正气、避其毒气,“既病防变”需防止传变、扶正祛邪,“瘥后防复”需除邪务尽、扶正防复,以期为COVID-19无症状感染者的防控提供新思路。

With the prevalence of Omicron strains,the improvement of nucleic acid detection efficiency and largescale vaccination,the number of asymptomatic infections of COVID-19 has increased significantly.It has the characteristics of hidden transmission,subjective symptoms,and limited detection,which has brought great challenges to epidemic prevention and control.Combining the"three prevention theories"of the idea of"preventive treatment of disease"in traditional Chinese medicine and the characteristics of current asymptomatic infections of COVID-19,this paper proposes that"prevention before disease"requires maintaining the righteousness and avoiding its poisonous gas,"prevention of disease progression"needs to prevent the spread of change and support the righteous but evil,and"prevent recurrence after recovery"needs to eliminate evil,strengthen the righteousness and prevent recovery,in order to provide new ideas for the prevention and control of asymptomatic infections of COVID-19.