Discussion on the Treatment of Severe and Critical Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia with Traditional Chinese Medicine based on "Cytokine Storm"/ 基于“细胞因子风暴”探讨中医药治疗重型、危重型新型冠状病毒肺炎

The pathogenesis of "cytokine storm" is complex, easy to cause multi-organ failure, leading to rapid disease, deterioration, high mortality In this outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), the rapid deterioration and death of patients is closely related to the outbreak of "cytokine storm" in their bodies The diagnosis and treatment plan for pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus infection (trial 7th edition) (hereinafter referred to as the "diagnosis and treatment plan") formulated the TCM plan for severe and critical COVID-19 Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has attracted much attention due to its advantages of multi-component, multi-target and multi-approach holistic treatment Based on "cytokine storm" and combined with the syndrome differentiation and recommended prescription of severe and critical covid-19 in the diagnosis and treatment program, this paper discussed the possible role and mechanism of TCM in the treatment of severe and critical covid-19