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Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment of COVID-19

Jia Xu et al. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2020 May.

Abstract

A new kind of Pneumonia caused by new corona virus has been widespread in China since winter of 2019. No effective treatment for this disease was verified, so the morbidity and mortality rate were supposed higher than flu. The Traditional Chinese Medicine is widely used in clinical practice in China, but many other countries of the world to deal with diseases that remain clinically challenging.

Keywords: COVID-19; Pneumonia; Traditional Chinese medicine.

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