Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 7 (Reporter Zheng Hangen) The official website of the World Health Organization recently released the “WHO Expert Evaluation Meeting on Chinese Medicine Treatment of New Coronary Pneumonia”. This report clearly affirms the safety and effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of new coronary pneumonia, fully affirms the important contribution of traditional Chinese medicine in fighting the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, and helps promote the world’s traditional medicine, including traditional Chinese medicine, to more deeply Participate in the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic to better protect the health of people around the world.
Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, traditional Chinese medicine has fully participated in the prevention and treatment of the epidemic in China. The report of the WHO expert assessment meeting pointed out that the use of traditional Chinese medicine is beneficial to reduce the risk of mild or common cases becoming severe; for mild and common cases, compared with simple conventional treatment, traditional Chinese medicine is used as an additional intervention. , can shorten the virus clearance time, clinical symptom relief time and hospitalization time; early use of traditional Chinese medicine can improve the clinical prognosis of patients with mild and common new coronary pneumonia.
On February 25th, the pharmacist of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital reviewed the traditional Chinese medicine according to the prescription. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Zhipeng
The “14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine” issued by the General Office of the State Council recently proposed to promote the development of traditional Chinese medicine in new emergencies. play a greater role in the prevention and control of infectious diseases and emergency response to public health incidents. The WHO Expert Assessment Meeting report also recommended that WHO encourage its Member States to consider the possibility of using traditional Chinese medicine to treat COVID-19 within their health care systems and regulatory frameworks.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, China has also actively contributed traditional Chinese medicine to overseas anti-epidemic efforts. According to incomplete statistics, so far, China has introduced TCM diagnosis and treatment plans to more than 150 countries and regions, provided TCM products to more than 10 countries and regions in need, and sent TCM experts to 29 countries and regions to help guide the fight against the epidemic. . More and more countries recognize the value of traditional Chinese medicine. Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa highly appreciated the role of traditional Chinese medicine in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic; Cambodian Ministry of Health Secretary of State Nabola Roth praised traditional Chinese medicine for its good efficacy in the treatment of new crown pneumonia.
Traditional Chinese medicine has gained wider international recognition, and it has also promoted the deepening of Sino-foreign cooperation in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. The “Development Plan for Promoting the High-quality Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine into the Joint Construction of the “Belt and Road” (2021-2025) released not long ago proposed that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, China will cooperate with the countries that jointly build the “Belt and Road” to build 30 high-tech enterprises. The overseas center of quality traditional Chinese medicine provides high-quality traditional Chinese medicine services to the people of the “Belt and Road” countries.
Traditional Chinese medicine is an important part of China’s excellent traditional culture. It contains the holistic view, the ideas of treating diseases, etc., which reflects the profound Chinese philosophy, Chinese wisdom, and shows the unique charm of Chinese culture. The wider recognition of traditional Chinese medicine by the international community will help people from all over the world to deepen their understanding of Chinese culture, and will help to enhance cultural exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations.
The clear affirmation of the anti-epidemic effect of traditional Chinese medicine in the report of the WHO expert assessment meeting is a microcosm of the growing international recognition of traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine, which has inherited thousands of years of Chinese wisdom and is timeless, will surely bloom with more splendor over time, making continuous contributions to the health and well-being of the Chinese people and people around the world.