Can Traditional Chinese Medicine prevent and control H1N1 influenza?
Posted on October 14, 2009
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Today, a response to influenza, the battle started, the face of the raging influenza A H1N1 flu, Chinese medicine, to demonstrate their special effects?
The first cases of Influenza A H1N1 influenza infection, called on all localities go all out prevention and control work, strictly enforce the epidemic effectively achieve early discovery, early reporting, early diagnosis, early isolation and early treatment, with special reference to ” To pay attention to Chinese medicine in prevention and treatment of the role. ”
H1N1 is now the face of rampant again, traditional Chinese medicine in the end be able to once again show their special effects?
Better symptomatic treatment of Chinese medicine
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Dongzhimen Hospital, Emergency Department Director Ching-Chuan Liu told reporters: “For a long time, people have the misconception that only specializes in traditional Chinese medicine treatment of chronic diseases and treating disease, in fact, acute, severe, and treatment of infectious diseases, also has a good the efficacy. “In his view, dealing with the epidemic, it should give full play to the advantages of Chinese medicine.
Ditan hospital, physician, director of Combined TCM and WM, Wang melting ice that the reason why people fear the flu epidemic, not only because of its wide dissemination, communication speed, but also caused dozens of deaths. “The virus is not simply caused by the direct cause of death in patients, but is often mediated by the immune response, as well as the combined loss of life in patients with other infections. For example, the influenza deaths, most of them are due to of the viral pneumonia, respiratory failure, multiple organ dysfunction caused by injuries. Therefore, as long as the positive symptomatic treatment, the patient normally does not die. “In his view, Chinese medicine as a non-specific prevention and treatment, in the treatment of diseases process, for the relief of symptoms in patients with significant effect.
According to the Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital, Respiratory medicine, chief expert Chao Enxiang revealed that the influenza virus, although a certain degree of variation, but there are similarities between influenza virus in the past, patients have symptoms similar to the performance. “Chinese medicine is to treat people as a whole, mainly aimed at patients with symptoms, in the course of treatment is very particular about syndrome differentiation principle, symptomatic treatment is highly targeted. Also used in Chinese medicine also has a certain degree of Buffet heterosexual and anti-viral, Chinese medicine treatment of influenza and therefore may make reference to the program. ”
Chinese medicine has a non-specific antiviral activity
New Ministry of Health May 9 announced the “H1N1 Influenza A Influenza Clinic Program (2009 trial edition of the first edition)”, put forward a right to give an early diagnosis in patients with influenza A H1N1, oseltamivir treatment measures. The international community is also commonly used by Western medicine for treatment of patients with influenza A H1N1 influenza. “Tamiflu,” including women and children overnight become the anti-Influenza A H1N1 flu drugs.
Chaoen Xiang told reporters that sales of Tamiflu currently on the market (whose generic name is oseltamivir phosphate), its mechanism is mainly competitive with the influenza virus neuraminidase activity sites combined, by interfering with the virus from being the release of infected host cells, thereby reducing the spread of influenza viruses. And thus is a potent highly selective inhibitor of influenza virus neuraminidase.
Because influenza viruses are highly variability, the WHO experts have warned that the continuous variation of the virus, you may right-specific antiviral drug resistance, and the type of anti-influenza drugs Tamiflu and only within 48 hours after infection taking effective. While the incubation period of 1-7 days of influenza outbreak, some patients when the disease has exceeded the validity period of its taking.
”The Chinese pay attention to syndrome differentiation, symptomatic treatment; traditional Chinese medicine has a certain non-specific anti-viral effects. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Influenza A H1N1 influenza, primarily through the mechanism of these two aspects play a role. Such as Tamiflu, although western medicine, but it’s is also the main raw materials — shikimic acid extracted from star anise. “Chao Enxiang said.
According to the principles of TCM syndrome differentiation, the Ministry of Health recommended a corresponding Chinese medicine as a treatment measures, and recommend Lotus Qingwen capsule, silver and yellow type agents, Shuanghuanglian oral preparations, Gegenqinlian pellets, Huoxiangzhengqi agents such as proprietary Chinese medicines, when necessary, accompanied by Angongniuhuang Pill, as well as Tanreqing, blood must be net, Qing Kai Ling, XNJI such as therapeutic drugs.
Chinese and Western medicine with equal emphasis on prevention and treatment
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Dongzhimen Hospital, internal medicine specialist Professor Jiang Liangduo told reporters: “Every time an outbreak of influenza viruses have different levels of its variations, the crowd generally susceptible, prevention is the key to strengthening the body upright. By regulating the body’s immune system, Chinese medicine can enhance the body’s resistance to the virus, so as to achieve ‘disease before the first anti-’ purposes. ”
Ching-Chuan Liu said: “In the disease is not prevalent, there is no need for a large number of drugs to achieve the objective of prevention, to enhance the regularity of daily life with a reasonable diet is a very important measure. It is only during outbreaks of epidemic disease, in epidemic areas high-risk groups before recommending preventive medicine. “In daily life, we should achieve” virtual evil thieves wind, and to avoid the sometimes “” eat drink and restrained “” Living there is often “” keep within the spirit of the sick security has never been. ”
Ching-Chuan Liu explains: “that we must promptly change clothes to fit in cold temperature; diet timely, adequate, proper temperature and less into the stimulation of the goods; rest have laws, hyperactivity, bed early; to maintain a balanced state of mind, ‘ fear of the gas, the gas panic disorder who ‘fear the heart of influenza, but also can lead to air-reverse mess, easier to Exogenous incurred. ”
While in treatment, Wang Rong-bing, said: “TCM + western medicine treatment modalities, after all, a good way to solve the problem of, you can play a ‘get to the root’ of the role.”
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