(Shanghai War Epidemic Record) Shanghai: Hospitals Open New Crown Rehabilitation Clinics to Give Full Play to the Advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine

China News Service, Shanghai, May 11 (Chen Jing and Shen Li) The reporter learned on the 11th that Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (hereinafter referred to as: Shanghai Yueyang Hospital) has specially opened a new crown rehabilitation clinic to provide nucleic acid Results People who were discharged from the hospital and were discharged from the cabin were provided with comprehensive diagnosis and treatment services for rehabilitation with traditional Chinese medicine characteristics.

COVID-19 patient rehabilitation can be divided into medical institution rehabilitation and home rehabilitation. Photo courtesy of Shanghai Yueyang Hospital

The current trend of the epidemic in Shanghai is stabilizing and improving, the risk of infection transmission has been effectively curbed, and a large number of patients with new coronary pneumonia have been cured and discharged. However, after the nucleic acid test results turned negative, some patients still had problems such as fatigue, shortness of breath, anorexia, and insomnia.

As the leading unit of the TCM rehabilitation program for the recovery period of the new coronavirus infection in Shanghai, Shanghai Yueyang Hospital started from the concept of “rehabilitation prevention and recovery” in TCM, and opened online and offline COVID-19 rehabilitation clinics. The multi-disciplinary comprehensive rehabilitation treatment model of internal medicine, massage, rehabilitation medicine, etc., further promotes the overall recovery of patients with new coronavirus infection in terms of respiratory, physical and psychological dysfunction, reduces discomfort symptoms, and improves immunity and disease prevention capabilities.

On the day of the opening of the New Crown Rehabilitation Clinic of Shanghai Yueyang Hospital, there were more than 100 patients for consultation. By combining the actual symptoms of the patient, the doctor comprehensively differentiates the symptoms, provides precise treatment, integrates traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and provides treatment suggestions such as daily life, diet, exercise, and emotional adjustment; it helps the patients with the new coronavirus to recover in the later stage, and timely improves the patient’s work, life status and meet the rehabilitation needs of patients.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that “righteous qi is stored in the body, and evil cannot be dried out”, and maintaining the coordination of the functions of the human body and the smooth operation of qi and blood is an important basis for maintaining human life and health. Shanghai Yueyang Hospital has always adhered to the idea of ​​”preventive treatment” of traditional Chinese medicine, giving full play to the unique advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and treatment of patients with new crown virus infection, “a piece of grass”, “a needle” and “a set of exercises” to carry out the new crown virus infection. Comprehensive treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, and promote the deep participation of traditional Chinese medicine in the whole process of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

The hospital told reporters that the rehabilitation treatment of new crown patients can be divided into medical institution rehabilitation and home rehabilitation. Rehabilitation in medical institutions includes traditional Chinese medicine decoction and patent medicine for internal treatment based on syndrome differentiation, acupuncture, massage, rehabilitation and other external treatment; home rehabilitation includes rehabilitation exercise, acupoint massage, traditional Chinese medicine exercises, emotional and dietary adjustment, etc. Regardless of the form of rehabilitation, it should be carried out under the guidance of a professional physician.

Shanghai Yueyang Hospital will use a variety of traditional Chinese medicine experience and protocols to help patients with different characteristics and different syndromes in the recovery period of the new crown. For example, the hospital’s special homemade preparation, Jinqi Qingshu Granules, has the effect of enhancing the body’s immune function and adjusting gastrointestinal function, and can be used for the treatment of patients with new coronary pneumonia due to lung and spleen deficiency. It is reported that in 2020, Jinqi Qingshu granules from Yueyang Hospital will be applied in Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital.

In addition, traditional Chinese medicine exercises are combined with breathing in a low-intensity aerobic exercise mode to help improve breathing conditions, increase lung capacity, and improve immunity. Shortness of breath symptoms, help restore cardiopulmonary function. In addition, acupoint massage can play the role of activating qi and blood, dredging the meridians, and promoting the function of viscera. The hospital recommends that patients with positive infection can massage Yingxiang, Hegu, Fengchi, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao and Yongquan every day after leaving the cabin. (End)