孙非，中医博士
两个多月以来，全世界的现代医学努力寻找消灭、抑制新冠状病毒的特效药物。但是到目前为止，结果是令人失望的。不是新药效果不显著，就是毒性太大。
与此同时，中医却运用不同的哲学思想和新老经验找到了有效治疗新冠感染的可靠方法。在中医看来，流行病不仅仅是病毒本身，而是病毒、体质、基础病、气候、季节、人体免疫反应的一系列相互作用的过程。因此，治疗流行病不等于杀死病毒，中医的一贯治病思路是，既要治病，也要治人。
新冠感染/肺炎是一个由病毒入侵、发热、咳喘、痰湿、气短、乏力、淤血等要素组成的病理反应综合症。如果部分或大部分要素被消除或有效抑制，那么这个感染/肺炎就被控制在轻症而不会发展成重症。中医正是通过退热、控制感染、化痰、扶正、止咳平喘、利尿除湿、活血化淤等方法来对治患者的病理状态。
今年早些时候，中国科研人员已经证实某些中药，如银花、连翘、黄芩、黄连等的有效成可以通过竞争性地与新冠病毒核酸特定部位的蛋白质结合，干扰、抑制病毒的复制，从而起到直接抗病毒的作用。尽管这种作用不是很强。但是不要紧。中药处方是群狼战术，通过君臣佐使，分进合击，共同完成目标。除了直接抗病毒，某些中药，如人参、黄芪可以通过增强网状上皮细胞的吞噬能力，增进白细胞的工作效率，提高免疫力来间接抑制病毒。更重要的的中药当中的芳香之品可以宣畅肺气，开门逐寇，起到呼吸机的作用。另有化痰药物预防痰拴阻塞气道。最后，活血化淤药还可以预防血栓形成，同时防止潜在的肺脏纤维化。
总之，我们的策略是解毒、扶正、消炎、保护重要脏器（心、肺、脾、肾），阻断并发症，为机体免疫系统制造出特异性的抗体争取充裕的时间，创造良好的体内环境。
Tel: (626)235-8403
TCM Solution for Covid-19 Infection
Fei Sun, Ph.D., OMD, L.Ac.
Copyright Reserved.
In the past two months, the modern medicine has put entire effort to find specific
drugs to eliminate or inhibit the Covid-19 virus. However, so far the result is very disappointed. Either the drugs found are not significant effective or they are too poison.
Meanwhile, TCM practitioners have found an effective way to treat Covid-19 infected patients with totally different philosophy. In the TCM perspective, the etiology of the pandemic disease is not only the exogenous pathogen but also the body constitution, underlying diseases, weather, season, and the reaction of the immune system to the corona virus. Therefore, the treatment of the pandemic disease is never equal to kill the pathogen. In stead of focusing to deal with the virus, TCM strategy is to treating the virus and the infected person concurrently.
The Covid-19 infection/pneumonia is a co-arising of the following ingredients, i. e. the virus, fever, mucus, cough, short of breath, low energy, blood stagnation, etc. If some or most of the ingredients are removed or inhibited, the infection/ pneumonia will be under controlled and can not develop to the severe stage.
Although it is important to inhibit the virus, the main strategy of TCM in the treatment of Covid-19 infection/pneumonia is to manage the pathological conditions of the patient, i.e. reducing the fever, controlling the infection, removing mucus, supporting the energy, promoting blood circulation, relieving the coughing and wheezing, etc.
Earlier this year, Chinese researchers have proved that some of the medicinal herbs, such as Honeysuckle flower, Forsythia, Scutellaria, and Coptis, are effective in directly disturbing and weakening the duplication of the virus even though they are not very strong. But never mind, the TCM formulas are usually composed multi-ingredients to serve the same goal from several aspects. Other than directly attacking the virus, some herbs such as Chinese and American Ginseng, and Astragalus can indirectly inhibit the virus by giving patient more energy, supporting the immune system, making the white cells to work more efficient. More important thing is that the fragrant herbs may work as ventilator which opens the lungs and bronchus to relieve the shortness of breath. In addition, some herbs can remove the sputum to prevent the lungs from blocked by excessive mucus. Finally, the blood activators in the formula will promote the blood circulation to prevent the potential lung fibrosis.
In short, our general strategy is to inhibit the virus, support the immune system, control the inflammation, protect the important organs (heart, lungs, spleen, kidney) , block the secondary syndromes, and earn more time for the body immune system to induce the specific antibody.
Tel: (626)235-8403
两个多月以来，全世界的现代医学努力寻找消灭、抑制新冠状病毒的特效药物。但是到目前为止，结果是令人失望的。不是新药效果不显著，就是毒性太大。
与此同时，中医却运用不同的哲学思想和新老经验找到了有效治疗新冠感染的可靠方法。在中医看来，流行病不仅仅是病毒本身，而是病毒、体质、基础病、气候、季节、人体免疫反应的一系列相互作用的过程。因此，治疗流行病不等于杀死病毒，中医的一贯治病思路是，既要治病，也要治人。
新冠感染/肺炎是一个由病毒入侵、发热、咳喘、痰湿、气短、乏力、淤血等要素组成的病理反应综合症。如果部分或大部分要素被消除或有效抑制，那么这个感染/肺炎就被控制在轻症而不会发展成重症。中医正是通过退热、控制感染、化痰、扶正、止咳平喘、利尿除湿、活血化淤等方法来对治患者的病理状态。
今年早些时候，中国科研人员已经证实某些中药，如银花、连翘、黄芩、黄连等的有效成可以通过竞争性地与新冠病毒核酸特定部位的蛋白质结合，干扰、抑制病毒的复制，从而起到直接抗病毒的作用。尽管这种作用不是很强。但是不要紧。中药处方是群狼战术，通过君臣佐使，分进合击，共同完成目标。除了直接抗病毒，某些中药，如人参、黄芪可以通过增强网状上皮细胞的吞噬能力，增进白细胞的工作效率，提高免疫力来间接抑制病毒。更重要的的中药当中的芳香之品可以宣畅肺气，开门逐寇，起到呼吸机的作用。另有化痰药物预防痰拴阻塞气道。最后，活血化淤药还可以预防血栓形成，同时防止潜在的肺脏纤维化。
总之，我们的策略是解毒、扶正、消炎、保护重要脏器（心、肺、脾、肾），阻断并发症，为机体免疫系统制造出特异性的抗体争取充裕的时间，创造良好的体内环境。
Tel: (626)235-8403
TCM Solution for Covid-19 Infection
Fei Sun, Ph.D., OMD, L.Ac.
Copyright Reserved.
In the past two months, the modern medicine has put entire effort to find specific
drugs to eliminate or inhibit the Covid-19 virus. However, so far the result is very disappointed. Either the drugs found are not significant effective or they are too poison.
Meanwhile, TCM practitioners have found an effective way to treat Covid-19 infected patients with totally different philosophy. In the TCM perspective, the etiology of the pandemic disease is not only the exogenous pathogen but also the body constitution, underlying diseases, weather, season, and the reaction of the immune system to the corona virus. Therefore, the treatment of the pandemic disease is never equal to kill the pathogen. In stead of focusing to deal with the virus, TCM strategy is to treating the virus and the infected person concurrently.
The Covid-19 infection/pneumonia is a co-arising of the following ingredients, i. e. the virus, fever, mucus, cough, short of breath, low energy, blood stagnation, etc. If some or most of the ingredients are removed or inhibited, the infection/ pneumonia will be under controlled and can not develop to the severe stage.
Although it is important to inhibit the virus, the main strategy of TCM in the treatment of Covid-19 infection/pneumonia is to manage the pathological conditions of the patient, i.e. reducing the fever, controlling the infection, removing mucus, supporting the energy, promoting blood circulation, relieving the coughing and wheezing, etc.
Earlier this year, Chinese researchers have proved that some of the medicinal herbs, such as Honeysuckle flower, Forsythia, Scutellaria, and Coptis, are effective in directly disturbing and weakening the duplication of the virus even though they are not very strong. But never mind, the TCM formulas are usually composed multi-ingredients to serve the same goal from several aspects. Other than directly attacking the virus, some herbs such as Chinese and American Ginseng, and Astragalus can indirectly inhibit the virus by giving patient more energy, supporting the immune system, making the white cells to work more efficient. More important thing is that the fragrant herbs may work as ventilator which opens the lungs and bronchus to relieve the shortness of breath. In addition, some herbs can remove the sputum to prevent the lungs from blocked by excessive mucus. Finally, the blood activators in the formula will promote the blood circulation to prevent the potential lung fibrosis.
In short, our general strategy is to inhibit the virus, support the immune system, control the inflammation, protect the important organs (heart, lungs, spleen, kidney) , block the secondary syndromes, and earn more time for the body immune system to induce the specific antibody.
Tel: (626)235-8403
