Combination of western medicine and Chinese traditional patent medicine in treating a family case of COVID-19

Abstract

In December 2019, an outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. By February 14, 2020, it has led to 66 492 confirmed patients in China and high mortality up to ~2.96% (1123/37 914) in Wuhan. Here we report the first family case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confirmed in Wuhan and treated using the combination of western medicine and Chinese traditional patent medicine Shuanghuanglian oral liquid (SHL). This report describes the identification, diagnosis, clinical course, and management of three cases from a family, suggests the expected therapeutic effects of SHL on COVID-19, and warrants further clinical trials.

Keywords

novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) / COVID-19 / Chinese traditional patent medicine / Shuanghuanglian oral liquid

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Tongji Hospital Clinical Research Flagship Program (No. 2019CR207).

Compliance with ethics guidelines

Li Ni, Ling Zhou, Min Zhou, Jianping Zhao, and Dao Wen Wang declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Informed consent was obtained from all the patients in which their identifying information are included in this article. Other ethical board approval is not applicable in this case report.

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