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. 2022 Jul 19:10:935551.
doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.935551. eCollection 2022.

Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Scoping Review

Naifan Duan  1 , Bin Liu  1 , Xiaona Li  1 , Yibai Xiong  1 , Li Li  1 , Yan Ma  1 , Cheng Lu  1
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Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Scoping Review

Naifan Duan et al. Front Pediatr. .

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is currently widely spread across the world. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) plays an important role in the overall treatment process. As a special group of population, the treatment outcome of children with COVID-19 has attracted much attention. Our study summarizes the current situation of TCM treatment of children with COVID-19. The results showed that TCM displayed a positive role in the treatment process, and that no significant adverse reactions were found. Our findings provide analytical evidence for the efficacy and safety of TCM participation in the treatment of COVID-19 in children.

Keywords: COVID-19; children; efficacy and safety; syndrome differentiation; traditional Chinese medicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The reviewer HT declared a shared affiliation with the authors at the time of review.

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