Chinese (Mongolian) medicine helps to prevent and control new crown infections in Inner Mongolia's agricultural and pastoral areas

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On January 6, Chen Yan, a pharmacist in the Chinese medicine room of the Tuchuan County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Inner Mongolia, prepared Chinese medicine one after another, and she told China Youth Daily – CYN: “Now the pharmacy boils more than 200 suits a day, and has boiled more than 7,000 suits of medicine in the past month. Among them, there are more Chinese medicines for prevention, fever reduction, and late recovery of the new crown.”

Lu Yan, 55, is waiting to pick up the medicine, “I saw many people in my circle of friends say this medicine is very effective for cough and weakness after infection (new crown), I hope I can recover soon after drinking it.” Lu Yan said.

With the increase in the number of people infected with the new crown, the TCM medical group at Tuquan County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the supporting experts in Beijing have developed a TCM treatment plan for the new crown infection, divided into “No. 1 prevention formula,” “No. 2 treatment formula,” and “No. 3 No. 3 Cough Relief Formula”. Hu Yongjie, vice president of Tuquan County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said, “Through this month’s observation, these prescriptions have effectively reduced the patient’s symptoms and shortened the course of the disease.”

Since the occurrence of the new crown epidemic, Chinese (Mongolian) medicine has played a unique role, participating in medical treatment and medical rehabilitation throughout the whole process, becoming an indispensable part of the epidemic prevention and control. According to a release from the Health and Wellness Commission of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, during the 2020 epidemic, Inner Mongolia gave full play to the role of Chinese (Mongolian) medicine in accordance with the national unified deployment, and achieved good results by participating in 98.7% of the treatment during the rescue and treatment of New Crown pneumonia.

In the past month, Chinese (Mongolian) medical hospitals throughout Inner Mongolia, with reference to the national and autonomous regions of the new crown of Chinese medicine treatment program, the opening of the online new crown infection prevention and treatment clinic, the launch of Chinese (Mongolian) medicine prevention and treatment formulas, for the majority of the masses of farmers and herdsmen seeking medical care to provide a convenient.

In the past few days, Inner Mongolia Xing’an League horqin right-wing front banner Taohemu central health center, waiting for treatment of patients in a long line. “I ate a few days the effect is quite obvious” “I’m almost done here, ready to do the next moxibustion treatment, improve the immune system” …… waiting process, patients discuss the effect of treatment.

Tao Heimu central health center director Nashun Buhe said, due to the onset of the season in winter, the temperature is relatively cold, the new coronavirus infection belongs to the wind-cold evil attack on the surface, there will be fever, headache, general muscle aches, cough, sore throat and other clinical symptoms. Meng medicine prescribed a single person single prescription, in the treatment of the condition is divided into immature heat period, incandescent heat period and cold and hot intercurrent period three, respectively, to take different treatment methods.

In the early stage of the new crown infection, the patient Yan Yubin felt joint pain and general weakness. He said, “the onset of the fever can not buy antipyretic drugs, I thought to try the monk medicine, I did not expect the treatment effect is so good, I just ate 2 days monk medicine, fever also went down, joint pain is not.”

Through this period of clinical treatment, Nashun Buhe found that after the patients underwent Mongolian medicine treatment, not only can relieve the common symptoms of fever, sore throat, cough, general muscle aches and pains, but also can shorten the course of the disease, reduce complications and greatly reduce the suffering of patients.

According to Yang Zhongbin, deputy director of the Health and Wellness Committee of Xingan League horqin right wing, at present, the banner’s 23 health hospitals, 2 community health service centers and 239 village health offices have a coverage rate of more than 90% for the use of Mongolian medicine. Medical institutions at all levels in the banner give full play to the unique advantages of Mongolian medicine, adjusting prescriptions according to patients’ personal constitution and providing free services such as decoction. Yang Zhongbin said, “We encourage grassroots health centers to use Mongolian medicine to prevent and treat new crown infections. There are many Mongolian people in the agricultural and pastoral areas, and the communication between Mongolian doctors and Mongolian patients is smoother.”

Xing’an League Zalait Banner is also an area where Mongolians gather. Since mid-December 2022, Sqin, vice president of Zalait Banner General Hospital of Mongolian Medicine, has not taken a break from work, “The number of consultations in emergency and internal medicine departments in these two months is three times the usual number, and the number of inpatients is now more than 180, which was 120 at the most in previous years.”

As we enter January, Sichin feels that there are relatively fewer patients. “Our medical staff also fell down one after another, and everyone came back to work after a few days’ rest, almost working at full capacity.” Sqin introduced, Zalaiti Banner Montessori General Hospital mainly for farming and herding areas to treat patients, “recently come to see mainly elderly people, internal diseases for more, we introduced ‘one person one side’ Montessori medicine transfer service, effectively reduce the patient’s transfer rate and death rate. “