Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine Share Similar Philosophical Approaches to Fight COVID-19

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dc.creatorZhao, Fangfang
dc.creatorYang, Zhenhong
dc.creatorWang, Ningqun
dc.creatorJin, Kunlin
dc.creatorLuo, Yumin
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-1336-348X (Jin, Kunlin)
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-09T14:08:44Z
dc.date.available2022-09-09T14:08:44Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-01
dc.description.abstractThough disciplines in the same field, modern medicine (Western medicine) and traditional medicine (Traditional Chinese medicine, TCM) have been viewed as two distinct and divergent fields of medicine and thus differ greatly in their ways of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease. In brief, Western medicine is primarily an evidence (laboratory)-based science, whereas TCM is more of a healing art based on the theory of Yin and Yang and the five elements in the human body. Therefore, whether TCM and Western medicine could use similar philosophical approaches to treat disease remains unclear. It is well-known that vitamin D enhances immune function and reduces the spread of some viruses. Indeed, recent evidence shows that the blood calcium level is strongly associated with COVID-19 severity, and vitamin D supplementation has shown favorable effects in viral infections. According to TCM theory, the pathogenesis of COVID-19 is closely associated with cold-dampness, an etiological factor in TCM. Cold-dampness could be attenuated by sun exposure and Wenyang herbs, both of which can restore the vitamin D level in the blood in Western medicine. Therefore, TCM and Western medicine could share similar philosophical methods to fight COVID-19 and understanding their philosophical theories could achieve the maximum benefits for treatment of COVID-19 and other diseases.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by grants from Capital Funds for Health Improvement and Research (2020-2-1032), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant/Award Number: 81971222, and the Xuanwu Hospital Science Program for Fostering Young Scholars (QNPY2020005).
dc.identifier.citationZhao, F., Yang, Z., Wang, N., Jin, K., & Luo, Y. (2021). Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine Share Similar Philosophical Approaches to Fight COVID-19. Aging and disease, 12(5), 1162-1168. https://doi.org/10.14336/AD.2021.0512
dc.identifier.issn2152-5250
dc.identifier.issue5
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/31713
dc.identifier.volume12
dc.publisherJKL International
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.14336/AD.2021.0512
dc.rights.holder© 2021 Zhao F et al.
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceAging and Disease
dc.subjectCovid-19
dc.subjectTraditional Chinese medicine
dc.subjectWestern medicine
dc.subjectcalcium
dc.subjectcold-dampness
dc.subjectvitamin D
dc.titleTraditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine Share Similar Philosophical Approaches to Fight COVID-19
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