Treatment of sequelae of COVID-19

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Studies and cases at home and abroad have found that patients with COVID-19, whether mild or severe, or even asymptomatic, may leave long-term sequelae, such as fatigue, dyspnea, chest pain or tightness, cough, olfactory or taste disorders, memory loss and other persistent symptoms. These sequelae often bring pain and inconvenience to patients' life and work, and the recovery time is still unknown.

Zeng xuanjing, the chief physician of the Department of traditional Chinese medicine in Kunming District of Linsen Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, Taipei Municipal United Hospital, believes that the achievements of traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 have been affirmed by the public. In the treatment of confirmed patients, in addition to improving clinical symptoms, it can also prevent the disease from turning into critical illness. Traditional Chinese medicine also has good advantages in dealing with the sequelae of COVID-19 and restoring physical function.

Zeng xuanjing said that the main sequelae of the lung is pulmonary fibrosis, that is, the lung is disturbed by the virus, and thick and hard scars appear after tissue repair. Traditional Chinese medicine takes moistening the lung and removing blood stasis as the treatment principle. If it is blood deficiency and yang deficiency, you can use blood nourishing and nourishing drugs, such as Polygonum multiflorum, Angelica sinensis, dodder, etc; If it is Qi deficiency and depression and yang deficiency, you can use drugs that replenish qi and lift Yang, such as Astragalus, ginseng, bupleurum, etc., and add ephedra, almonds, etc. when necessary, which can gradually improve dry cough, shallow breathing, unstable oxygen saturation, fatigue and other phenomena.

In terms of olfactory or taste disorders, the current research may be caused by inflammation and damage caused by infection of olfactory or taste related cells. After differentiation of symptoms and signs in traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine that is pungent and cool, pungent and warm, invigorating Qi, nourishing yin or tonifying yang can help gradually restore the original olfactory or taste function.

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In terms of olfactory or taste disorders, the current research may be caused by inflammation and damage caused by infection of olfactory or taste related cells. After differentiation of symptoms and signs in traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine that is pungent and cool, pungent and warm, invigorating Qi, nourishing yin or tonifying yang can help gradually restore the original olfactory or taste function.

In addition, the problem of attention and memory loss (also known as "brain fog" in non-technical terms) is currently considered to be related to the direct or indirect damage of brain nerves and brain microvessels caused by the virus. Drugs such as activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, tonifying Qi, blood or yang can be used to help repair brain nerves and brain microvessels, or drugs for resolving phlegm can be used to help excrete metabolic waste, and brain refreshing drugs such as ephedra, asarum, magnolia can also be added, Select the above suitable drugs according to the patient's symptoms to help restore the original cognitive function.

Zeng xuanjing pointed out that traditional Chinese medicine can not only do its best in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, but also apply appropriate traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and acupuncture treatment to patients with long-term sequelae through syndrome differentiation and treatment, so as to help patients gradually get rid of the sequelae of discomfort and recover their normal functions.