On August 2, the National Health and Health Commission held the thirteenth press conference of the “Everything for the People’s Health – Our Ten Years” series, introducing the improvement of the traditional Chinese medicine policy system and the improvement of service capabilities since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. about the situation. At the meeting, Zhang Boli, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a master of traditional Chinese medicine, summarized the specific application and practical effects of traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic, as well as the impact of the practice of fighting the new crown epidemic on the future inheritance, innovation and development of traditional Chinese medicine.
Zhang Boli, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and master of Chinese medicine
Zhang Boli said that in response to the new crown epidemic, the traditional Chinese medicine system has fully implemented the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and promoted early intervention, full use and comprehensive coverage of traditional Chinese medicine. In particular, the formation of a “team, mechanism, measures, and effective” medical model of integrated Chinese and Western medicine, Chinese and Western medicine. The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the National Health and Health Commission have established a standing working group for the treatment of clustered epidemics. Under the unified leadership of the State Council’s joint prevention and control mechanism, they will immediately guide the traditional Chinese medicine epidemic prevention work in the prevention and control of clustered epidemics in various regions, and coordinate the regional jurisdictions. The Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine forces in the hospital are equipped with traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine physicians in designated hospitals and makeshift hospitals to carry out joint diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese and western medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine has participated in the anti-epidemic and achieved results in all stages of “prevention, treatment, and health”, and “every field does not fail”. Take this year as an example, there have been many clustered epidemics, and traditional Chinese medicine has played an important role. At the same time, most of the confirmed cases and asymptomatic infected people received traditional Chinese medicine treatment on their own volition and achieved good results.
Zhang Boli also mentioned that this year, the World Health Organization organized an expert evaluation meeting on the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine in fighting the epidemic, and the report of the evaluation meeting was published on the official website of the World Health Organization. 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, which is a relatively pertinent conclusion. At the same time, through various academic conferences, China’s experience has been shared with people around the world, and some medical teams have been dispatched to provide material support to boost people’s confidence in fighting the epidemic and make China’s contribution to promoting the building of a community of health for mankind.
Zhang Boli introduced that in the past two years, he has conducted more than 50 video connections with overseas, introducing China’s anti-epidemic experience and video consultations for some patients. Although this epidemic came suddenly, it has played a great role in promoting traditional Chinese medicine, including the model of “teams, mechanisms, measures, and effectiveness”. When similar epidemics occur in the future, we will have experience. “Integration of Chinese and Western medicine and the combination of Chinese and Western medicine” are not only the highlights of the fight against the epidemic this time, but also provide a good model for the future.
In addition, TCM’s understanding of the theory of epidemics has also improved. Traditional Chinese medicine summarizes the characteristics of new coronary pneumonia cases. With the help of modern scientific and technological means, including metabolomics, a batch of prescriptions including “three medicines and three prescriptions” can be quickly screened for clinical use.
It is reported that various ministries and commissions have also intensively issued a series of policies to support the development of traditional Chinese medicine in the past two years. “This epidemic is both a challenge and an opportunity for development of traditional Chinese medicine. We must take advantage of the momentum to promote the inheritance, innovation and development of traditional Chinese medicine,” said Zhang Boli.
Red Star News reporter Hu Yiwen Wu Yang reports from Beijing
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