Advances in the Traditional Chinese Medicine-Based Management of Viral Myocarditis.
Viral myocarditis (VMC) is a common clinical condition; however, no specific treatment has been available from the perspective of modern western medicine, and typically only symptomatic treatment is provided in clinical settings. The traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has shown certain advantages in treating VMC. Last few years have witnessed certain advances in the TCM-based research on the etiology and pathogenesis of VMC and its clinical management. This article reviews the clinical advances made in the TCM-based management of VMC in the last 5 years.
The First College of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.|Xuzhou TCM Hospital, Xuzhou, 221009, Jiangsu, China.
Yong
Y
Cao
Xuzhou TCM Hospital, Xuzhou, 221009, Jiangsu, China.
Xia
X
Xu
Department of Cardiology, Xuzhou Central Hospital, The Liberation of South Road 199, Xuzhou, 221009, Jiangsu, China. zpyxzsy@163.com.
Peiying
P
Zhang
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal
Review; Traditional Chinese medicine; Viral myocarditis