Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Influenza A (H1N1) by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Abstract

Influenza A(H1N1) belongs to the school of warm diseases and can be categorized into violence qi, caused by external attack of the six pathogenic evils. The lungs governing defensive qi have correspondence to skin and hair. The external pathogenic evils firstly attack the lungs to cause the stagnant defensive qi. The resulted defensive-exterior symptoms are actually excessive exterior heat syndrome. For cases with vital qi insufficiency, the pathogenic evils fight against defensive qi to cause visceral dysfunctions. The pathogenic evils then transform into heat for further attacks, which may impair nutrient qi to cause the syndrome of dual blaze of qi nutrient aspects. In the advanced stage, the subsided pathogenic evils and the deficient vital qi impair both qi and yin.