Notice of Shi 'an Town, Xinye County on Advocating Taking Traditional Chinese Medicine Decoction to Prevent COVID-19

Dear residents and friends,

As a treasure of Chinese civilization, Chinese medicine has played an important role in the prevention and control of previous epidemics. COVID-19 traditional Chinese medicine preventive decoction has the advantages of convenience, rapidity, quick absorption and effective cure. It can relieve symptoms, control diseases and reduce incidence.

This spring, the epidemic situation in COVID-19 showed a multi-point distribution trend in the whole country, and some areas showed an outbreak trend. Facing the grim situation of epidemic prevention and control, our county attached great importance to it and immediately organized Chinese medicine experts. According to the characteristics of COVID-19, combined with the regional characteristics of our county and the current climate characteristics, on the basis of the Prevention and Treatment Plan of Chinese Medicine in COVID-19 issued by Nanyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Development Bureau, we conducted serious discussions and studies, and formulated the prevention and treatment plan of Chinese medicine for ordinary people in COVID-19, our county. The oral decoction scheme has been distributed free of charge to more than 5,000 people in the isolation point of COVID-19 epidemic and the outpatient hall of our county hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. Practice has proved that it has a good preventive effect on common cold, influenza and COVID-19.

Prescriptions suitable for ordinary people are as follows:

Astragalus membranaceus 10g Atractylodes macrocephala 10g Saposhnikovia divaricata 10g Chenpi 6g Erhua 6g Rhizoma Osmundae 6g Rhizoma Phragmitis 10g Radix Glycyrrhizae 6g

Function: benefiting qi and nourishing yin, strengthening body resistance and consolidating exterior.

Decocting method: one dose per day, 400 ml of juice is decocted with water, and it is taken twice in the morning and evening. It can also be used as daily tea.

Taboo: pregnant women should use it with caution.

Ensure your own safety and build a "epidemic" barrier. Let's work together to consolidate the hard-won prevention and control achievements and usher in the final victory of this war "epidemic" as soon as possible!

Shi 'an Town People's Government

April and July, 2022