The second wave of the epidemic the most comprehensive drug preparation guide? Experts: lack of relevant basis

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“As the second wave of the epidemic approaches, here comes the most complete guide to preparing medicine! Xiao Chai Hu granules, Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui, Ge Gen Tang granules, Qing Kai Ling oral liquid, Tong Xuan Li Lung Pill.” The last two days, the short video platform circulated such a “most comprehensive preparation guide”.

The director of the five wards of the third department of infection at Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital, the head of the Chinese medicine expert group at Shanghai New International Expo Center Fang Cabin Hospital and the director of the Institute of Acute and Critical Care at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Fang Bangjiang told reporters that this guide circulating on the Internet lacks a factual basis and people should be careful to identify it.

Fang Bangjiang explained, the new crown infection Chinese medicine medication can not be generalized, should be combined with the corresponding symptoms, specific analysis of specific problems. Chinese medicine disease mechanism disease wind-cold or wind-heat, damp-heat or wind-heat, all need specific evidence, and then take the appropriate drugs. At present, the second wave of the epidemic has not arrived, the epidemic strain, clinical symptoms and other information are not clear, in the absence of targeted cases, advance preparation of drugs is not very meaningful.

According to Fang Bangjiang, at present, many places have announced that they have passed the peak of the first wave of infection of the new crown, but the strains are still mutating and it cannot be ruled out that there will be new strains of reinfection in the future. In addition, with the arrival of the Chinese New Year and the increased movement of people, reinfection due to different strains of the virus may also occur. When this occurs, specific analyses should be made in relation to clinical characteristics, personal constitution, and the geographical area where the person is located, and the appropriate medication should be selected.

“For epidemic viruses, Chinese medicine is concerned with the differences between people, times and places, and cannot be generalized.” According to Fang Bangjiang, the development of the epidemic cannot be foretold, and despite the risk of reinfection in the future, the public need not panic too much or stock up on a large number of drugs in advance. In response to the numerous “drug preparation guides” on social media, Fang also cautioned that, except for those issued by official state agencies, the rest of the information should be judged with caution and not be easily misled.