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KMID : 0363320150360030335
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2015 Volume.36 No. 3 p.335 ~ p.347
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An Overview on the Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Guidelines for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
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Ryu Han-Sung
Oh Hye-Kyung
Lee Ji-Young
Yoon Seong-Woo
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aims to overview traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment guidelines for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in order to facilitate the use of Korean medicine (KM) treatment in pandemic diseases.
Methods: We compared the characteristics between SARS and MERS, and overviewed the Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment guidelines for SARS and MERS. We assessed the efficacy of simultaneous administration of herbal medicine and Western medicine on SARS by studying Cochranes 2012's Systematic Review Studies.
Results and Conclusions: Based on wen bing (warm diseases) of KM as well as TCM, KM treatment can be an alternative for pandemic diseases such as SARS and MERS considering the Korean's characteristic environment.
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KEYWORD
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Middle East respiratory syndrome, severe acute respiratory syndrome, traditional Chinese medicine
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