Approach of Kampo Treatment for COVID-19 by Tablet-type Devices with Remote Communicating Function
- VernacularTitle:タブレット型端末を介したCOVID-19の漢方治療の取り組み
- Author:
Kazuyo TOHYAMA
1
;
Masaki TOHYAMA
2
;
Izumi YAMAKAWA
1
;
Yoshino TAMAKI
1
;
Hiroshi NAKAMURA
1
Author Information
- Keywords: COVID-19; tablet-type device; remote medical care; fever outpatient; Kampo medicine
- From:Kampo Medicine 2022;73(1):91-96
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: In order to avoid the risk of COVID-19 among our clinic staffs, remote medical care using tablet-type devices was conducted in our fever outpatient clinic. In about 5 months, there were 87 patients with COVID-19 diagnosed by PCR test. Among them, 24 patients (15 men and 9 women, average age 36.2 years) were treated with Kampo medicine. Four of 24 patients required hospitalization. All patients, including those hospitalized cases, improved their symptoms during the observation period. We believe that Kampo medicine is effective in the early treatment of COVID-19. In addition, we consider that remote medical care using tablet-type devices is one of the useful methods in the treatment of highly contagious infectious diseases.
