Open AccessKey to Treating COVID-19: Removing Phlegm from Small Airways
Author(s) -
Qingqi Wang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chinese medicine and culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-9627
pISSN - 2589-9473
DOI - 10.4103/cmac.cmac_27_20
Subject(s) - covid-19 , key (lock) , phlegm , intensive care medicine , medicine , virology , computer science , pathology , computer security , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , alternative medicine , disease , traditional chinese medicine
According to autopsy reports, patients who died from COVID-19 had a lot of mucus in the lung that obstructed the airways, reduced the effect of mechanical ventilation, and even led to pulmonary failure. Traditional Chinese medicine literature mentions that "Inability to remove phlegm impairs the lung, which leads to death." Hence one of the most urgent problems to be solved is to remove phlegm from the small airways. This article elaborates ten methods to remove phlegm for clinical reference.