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KMID : 0644020220350040115
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Journal Of Korean Medical Classics
2022 Volume.35 No. 4 p.115 ~ p.125
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Discussion on Classical Text-based Evidence in Guidelines for the Traditional Chinese Medical Treatment of COVID-19
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Kim Sang-Hyun
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Abstract
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Objectives : This study reviews whether the traditional medical thought process reflected in the Traditional Chinese Medical Treatment Plan for COVID-19 is based on existing classical texts, and examine concerns over the quality of evidence that the plan is based on.
Methods : First, terminology and basic formulas composing the compound formulas in the COVID-19 TCM Treatment Plan were collected. Next, their usage in existing classical texts were searched in the medical classics database.
Results : Infectious diseases similar to COVID-19 were understood as external disease due to Six Qi in the texts. Basic formulas used for treatment were those applied in Shanghan and Wenbing, among which cases where such formulas were applied in infectious diseases could be found in the classics.
Conclusions : The level of evidence of the Treatment Plan suggested by various specialists could be evaluated as insufficient if we consider the literature. However, if application of such a plan could be supported institutionally, it could become a starting point for evidence generation.
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KEYWORD
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COVID-19, treatment plan, literature evidence, Korean Medicine
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