[On the rational exertion for the prescriptions and drugs of TCM in preventing and treating SARS].
Based on the main schemes of the prevention and therapy for SARS issued by the state and provincial administrations of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the characters and regulations for the application and performance of TCM in preventing and treating SARS were studied by cluster analysis. Some problems in the rational exertions of TCM in preventing and treating SARS were also discussed. Some proposals for the rational uses of traditional Chinese drugs (TCD) in preventing and treating SARS were offered finally in this article.
Xiao
Xiao-he
XH
302 Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100039, China.
Wang
Jia-bo
JB
He
Cheng-han
CH
D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control
D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal