老年人新型冠状病毒肺炎的中医药预防策略

Prevention strategies of coronavirus disease 2019 for the elderly based on traditional Chinese medicine

摘要:

我国新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情防控形势严峻,老年患者是新型冠状病毒疾病危重症患者的主要群体,因此做好老年人群的预防工作非常重要和紧迫。已有报道表明中医药治疗新型冠状病毒肺炎疗效显著,本文重点回顾了中医药治疗疫病的历史及对本次疫情的认识,针对老年人群具有的生理特殊性和疾病复杂性,提出了老年人新型冠状病毒肺炎的中医药预防要点和应对策略。

Abstract:

The situation of prevention and control for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still quite serious in China. Elderly patients are the main population suffering from severe and critical COVID-19. So, it is of great importance and urgency to carry out well control and prevention for the elderly. Evidence shows that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has effectiveness in the treatment of the disease. This review focuses on the history of TCM in the treatment of epidemic diseases and the understanding about COVID-19, and puts forward to the TCM prevention points and coping strategies for the elderly in view of the physiological specificity of the elderly and complexity of COVID-19.