Discussion on the Characteristics and Symptom Classification of COVID-19 in Chinese Medicine

Covid-19(Novel coronavirus pneumonia,NCP)was characterized by fever,dry cough,fatigue,greasy tongue coating and pulsating pulse.According to the literature,with those four symptoms,examination and identification,it is believed that NCP belongs to the category of "pandemic" in Chinese medicine.The main infection is dampness,infection location in triple energizer,the basic pathogenesis is characterized by "dampness,phlegm,blood stasis heat,toxin and deficiency."According to the law of blood transfer of symptom differentiation of triple energizer and weiqi-yingxue the treatment is divided into stages,such as early stage,middle stage,severe stage and recovery stage.Most of the patients were early stage and middle stage,which were the direct transmission of the disease.A small number of patients had the reverse transmission of pericardium and the internal and external detachment.The main method of treatment is to remove infection,remove dampness and detoxify.In addition,to grasp the treatment of early stage and middle stage patients,helps to stop the disease from developing,and it is the key to reduce the criticality of the disease,as well as reduce the mortality.

Features analysis on Traditional Chinese Medicine syndromes in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy

OBJECTIVE:To study the features of the distribution and differentiation ofTraditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)syndromes in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy(DPN).METHODS:We collected clinical data on illness course,age,fasting blood glucose,saccharogenic hemoglobin,TCM syndromes,tongue,and pulse of238 DPN patients.Differentiated main syndromes(Yin deficiency and exuberant heat,invasion of spleen by damp-heat,deficiency of both Qi and Yins,and deficiency of both Yin and Yang)and accompanying syndromes(blood stasis and phlegm-dampness)of diabetes were also recorded.The features of DPN syndromes were then analyzed.RESULTS:Among the four main syndromes of diabetes,deficiency of both Yin and Yang was the most common in the 238 DPN patients,of which89%-96%had blood stasis.CONCLUSION:The method of differentiating syndromes of diabetes can be applied to DPN patients.Deficiency of both Yin and Yang,often accompanied by blood stasis,is commonly seen.