Recovery of a patient with severe COVID-19 by acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine adjuvant to standard care.
10.1016/j.joim.2021.06.001
- Author:
Xin YIN
1
;
Shu-Bin CAI
2
;
Lan-Ting TAO
3
;
Lu-Ming CHEN
2
;
Zhong-de ZHANG
4
;
Su-Hong XIAO
5
,
6
,
7
;
Arthur Yin FAN
8
,
9
,
10
;
Xu ZOU
11
Author Information
1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong Province, China.
2. Department of General Medicine No. 3 Division, Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong Province, China.
3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong Province, China.
4. Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong Province, China.
5. SH Clinic for Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46268, USA
6. TCM American Alumni Association (TCMAAA), Indianapolis, IN 46268, USA
7. American TCM Association (ATCMA), Vienna, VA 22182, USA. Electronic address: shclinic@gmail.com.
8. TCM American Alumni Association (TCMAAA), Indianapolis, IN 46268, USA
9. American TCM Association (ATCMA), Vienna, VA 22182, USA
10. McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA 22182, USA. Electronic address: ArthurFan@ChineseMedicineDoctor.US.
11. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong Province, China. Electronic address: kyozou@21cn.com.
- Publication Type:Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Acupuncture;
COVID-19;
Case report;
Chinese herbal medicine;
Integrative therapy;
Severe case
- MeSH:
Acupuncture Therapy;
COVID-19/therapy*;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
Female;
Humans;
Treatment Outcome
- From:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
2021;19(5):460-466
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
There is currently no drug or therapy that can cure the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is highly contagious and can be life-threatening in severe cases. Therefore, seeking potential effective therapies is an urgent task. An older female at the Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China, with a severe case of COVID-19 with significant shortness of breath and decrease in peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO
