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As a traditional medical intervention in Asia and a complementary and alternative medicine in Western countries, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM ) is capturing worldwide attention in life science field. Due to its worldwide use, potential impact on healthcare and opportunities for new drug development, traditional Chinese medicine is also of great international interest. Born in China, TCM has absorbed the essence of other civilizations, evolved, and gradually spread throughout the world. During its course of development spanning a couple of millennia, it has kept drawing and assimilating advanced elements of natural science and humanities. TCM advocates “ man should observe the law of the nature and seek for the unity of the heaven and humanity, “ full consideration of the environment, individual constitution, and climate and seasonal conditions when practicing syndrome differentiation and determining therapies, “ yin and yang should be balanced to obtain the golden mean, “ practice of medicine should aim to help people, “ reinforcing the fundamental and cultivating the vital energy, and strengthening tendons and bones, “ mastership of medicine lying in proficient medical skills and lofty medical ethics, “ all the concepts that enrich Chinese culture and provide an enlightened base from which to study and transform the world. A number of papers based on randomized controlled trials have suggested that TCM are effective in treating, preventing or helping alleviate symptoms to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ( SARS ). Hence, based on the guiding principles of holism and syndrome differentiation and treatment, TCM has unique advantages in the treatment of SARS owing to the synergistic effect of multiple components and targets, which prevents drug resistence from arising. There are quite compelling evidences support the notion that TCM has beneficial effect in the treatment or prevention of coronaviruses. In this article, I shall guide you through the new landscape by providing information and tools you need to better manage disease outbreaks and health emergencies. Moreover, the prospects for developing TCM against coronaviruses is discussed to provide a reference for the research and development of innovative TCM with multiple components, multiple targets, low toxicity. Furthermore, the current progress in using TCM against coronaviruses is summarized according to modern biological theories.
Willie Sai Ho Chan (Sat,) studied this question.