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Long COVID Response to Classical Chinese Medicine
Louis A Kazal1, Karen L Huyck2, Brendan Kelly3
1Professor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Integrative Medicine (Encinitas, Calif.)
|April 2, 2025
Summary
Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM) offers a targeted approach to treating long COVID, with a case series showing full recovery in four patients. This traditional medicine may provide individualized treatment beyond supportive care for long COVID symptoms.
Area of Science:
- Integrative Medicine
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Infectious Disease Research
Background:
- Long COVID presents a significant challenge to patients and healthcare systems, with elusive causes and limited targeted treatments.
- Conventional medicine primarily offers supportive care and symptom management for long COVID.
- Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM) provides a framework to correlate COVID-19's pathophysiology with its principles, enabling tailored treatment strategies.
Observation:
- A case series details the treatment of four long COVID patients using CCM.
- Each case includes symptom presentation, CCM diagnosis, therapeutic interventions, and treatment outcomes.
- The rationale behind CCM's individualized approach for each patient is elucidated.
Findings:
- All four patients in the case series achieved full recovery from long COVID following CCM therapy.
- These cases are representative of 56 patients successfully treated with CCM for long COVID.
- CCM treatment demonstrated potential for targeted and individualized care, increasing recovery probability.
Implications:
- CCM may offer a more directly targeted and individualized treatment approach for long COVID compared to conventional supportive care.
- The findings suggest CCM's potential efficacy in managing long COVID, warranting further investigation.
- Additional research is necessary to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of CCM for long COVID recovery.
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