Application of traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and treatment of new sudden infectious disease.
- Author:
Ning ZHANG
;
Yu-ming GUO
;
Li-fu WANG
;
Man GONG
;
Ning DU
;
Xiao-he XIAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
therapeutic use;
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola;
therapy;
Humans;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
- From:
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica
2015;50(12):1534-1537
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
There has been thousands of years' history that traditional Chinese medicines were used in the prevention and treatment of infectious disease. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine plays a unique role in the control of variety of new infectious diseases. This article provides a summary on our knowledge of the traditional Chinese medicine theory in the explanation of infectious disease, application of Chinese medicines and the pharmacological mechanism in the successful management on the Ebola virus disease.
