ZHANG Zhong-De's Experience in Treating Long-Term Symptoms After Novel Coronavirus Infection Using the Method of Harmonizing Five Zang-Organs
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2024.10.012
- VernacularTitle:张忠德采用平调五脏法辨治新型冠状病毒感染后长期症状经验
- Author:
Li-Juan TANG
1
;
Wei-Yan HE
;
Lian-Shun JIN
;
Tong ZHANG
;
Zhong-De ZHANG
Author Information
1. 广州中医药大学第二附属医院,广东广州 510120
- Keywords:
long-term symptoms after novel coronavirus infection(long COVID);
recovery from novel coronavirus infection;
damp-toxin pestilence;
consumption of yang qi;
depletion of fluid and blood;
harmonizing the five zang-organs;
Fuzheng Series Formulas;
ZHANG Zhong-
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;41(10):2591-2595
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The multiple systemic symptoms appearing during the convalescence of novel coronavirus infection(COVID-19)are called long-term symptoms after COVID-19,also named as long COVID.Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)has unique advantages in the treatment of long COVID.In the view of Professor ZHANG Zhong-De,the novel coronavirus infection belongs to the category of damp-toxin pestilence in TCM.During the convalescence of novel coronavirus infection,the damp-toxin pathogen causes the dysfunction of qi,blood,yin and yang of zang-fu organs,and then results in the consumption of yang qi or the depletion of fluid and blood.Damp-turbidity obstructing qi movement and entering collaterals and then developing into blood stasis is the key pathogenesis of long COVID.Therefore,the therapeutic principle of harmonizing yin,yang,qi and blood of the five zang-organs is proposed,and the methods for transporting and transforming damp-toxin and phlegm-turbidity,regulating qi,activating blood and removing stasis should be adopted.According to the exuberance or decline of qi,blood and body fluid,and yin and yang of the five zang-organs,the Fuzheng Series Formulas(series formulas for supporting healthy qi)were recommended for the specific syndrome types:Fuzheng Shengbai Formula can be used for the syndrome of deficiency of original qi;Fuzheng Yifei Formula can be used for lung-spleen-kidney deficiency syndrome;Fuzheng Anshen Formula can be used for the syndrome of liver qi stagnation and heart-spleen deficiency.During the treatment,Professor ZHANG Zhong-De makes the modification of drugs indicated for the retention sites of damp-toxin and turbid qi,and addresses the importance of spleen and stomach in the whole treatment process by protecting spleen and stomach,so as to promote the rehabilitation of patients after novel coronavirus infection and improve their quality of life.
