Pondering over COVID-19 Prevented and Treated by Traditional Chinese Medicine

Since the end of 2019， patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia has constantly increased in Wuhan， China. Patients' main clinical manifestations included fever， fatigue， nonproductive cough and a few of them had such complications as rhinobyon， rhinorrhea， pharyngeal discomfort， and diarrhea. It was reported that isolation was regarded as the most effective measure to prevent novel coronavirus pneumonia and the treatment should be differentiated between moderate and severe cases. In clinic， the doctors should give full play to the advantages of characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)， that is， syndrome differentiation， and put an emphasis on the theory and methodology of science of epidemic febrile disease of TCM. In addition， it should also pay attention to the study on the valid prescriptions or ingredients targeting pathogen.