TCM Treatment Announced for H1N1 Flu

Traditional Chinese medicine experts have discovered a TCM treatment for H1N1 flu, according to the Beijing Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. They selected Jin Hua Qing Gan Fang from more than 120 TCM flu remedies, finding that the treatment lessened flu symptoms and shortened the time people felt sick. Best of all, they claim it costs only one-fourth as much as western flu drugs and does not cause any adverse effect.

After five months’ scientific research, the effectiveness of TCM on A/H1N1 flu patients had been proved in clinical tests, said the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau.

The city has reserved 2 million TCM doses to fight against the flu.

“The Beijing municipal government has invested 10 million yuan (1.4 million U.S. dollars) to test the effectiveness and safety of TCM to treat A/H1N1 flu since May,” said Zhao Jing, head of Beijing Administration of TCM.

Zhao said as of Sept. 1, 326 of 845 confirmed cases of A/H1N1 in Beijing had been cured with TCM treatments.

“It has proved very effective to use TCM and a combination of TCM and Western medicine to treat A/H1N1 flu patients,” Zhao said.

Wang Yuguang, a senior expert with Beijing Ditan Hospital, which has been designated to treat A/H1N1 flu cases in the city, said all 184 patients who received TCM treatment at the hospital had been discharged after full recovery.

“Clinical tests have showed that TCM doses help reduce symptoms of fever, sore throat and cough,” he said. “No side effects and adverse reactions have been reported.”

Xinhua, the Chinese News agency