1+1 > 2: Integration of the Host-directed Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Virus-targeted Modern Medicine in Control of COVID-19

Author(s): Jianjun Sun*

Journal Name: Clinical Cancer Drugs

Volume 7 , Issue 2 , 2020


DOI : 10.2174/2212697X07999200623130743

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of infections and hundreds of thousands deaths in the world. The pandemic is still ongoing and no specific antivirals have been found to control COVID-19. The integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine with supportive measures of Modern Medicine has reportedly played an important role in the control of COVID-19 in China. This review summarizes the evidence of TCM in the treatment of COVID-19 and discusses the plausible mechanism of TCM in control of COVID-19 and other viral infectious diseases.

Keywords: COVID-19, traditional chinese medicine, modern medicine, pandemic, (SARSCoV-2), antivirals.

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