Cough, insomnia, palpitations after COVID-19... This TCM consulting room deals with the "skilled" patients with the sequelae of Eryang | COVID-19 | sequelae

"Thank you, Dr. Xu. I finally slept soundly last night, coughed for a week, and stayed by the bedside until dawn every night." Mr. Liu stood up and gave Dr. Xu a thumbs up.

Mr. Liu, who is 60 years old, had a "two yang" in early June. After resting at home for a few days, he began to cough violently. "During the day, it's a bit better. At night, I can't sleep at all and cough when I lie down. I can only sit at the head of the bed until dawn," Mr. Liu said. He went to multiple hospitals and added a lot of cough suppressants, but the effect was minimal, and the cough became increasingly severe.

Through a friend's introduction, Mr. Liu made his first attempt to seek traditional Chinese medicine treatment. On the third floor of Taikuntang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital on Xixu Road, Xu Junming's studio was lined with citizens who came to seek medical treatment. Some of them are residents of nearby communities, while others, like Mr. Liu, come from far away to seek treatment from Dr. Xu. They all heard that this doctor Xu is "very skillful" in dealing with COVID-19's sequelae.

Xu Junming gave a patient an injection.

An elderly person is receiving moxibustion treatment.

A beauty loving girl who uses traditional Chinese medicine to remove facial acne.

A woman's neck was covered with acupuncture and moxibustion.

Xu Junming felt the patient's pulse.

Puncturing acupoints such as Neiguan, Jieshi, Lieque, Yuji, and Taiyuan will quickly alleviate cough symptoms. Dr. Xu injected the needle while telling Mr. Liu that there might be a slight pain and urging him to be mentally prepared.

Acupuncture and moxibustion, flash cupping, massage... a set of traditional Chinese medicine treatment process came down and passed in half an hour. "I feel a lot more relaxed after finishing, and my throat feels refreshed. It's really amazing." "It's quite surprising and unexpected, but Dr. Xu told me to take it slow. Sometimes the symptoms may recur, so I shouldn't be impatient."

Dr. Xu Junming explained that many patients like Mr. Liu who have recovered from "two yang" and "three yang" have persistent coughing, even chest tightness, palpitations, and fatigue. Some patients even experience symptoms of insomnia, anxiety, and depression. Cough is a protective reflex that protects the throat, and it is a protective response to inflammation in the airway. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cough after COVID-19 belongs to "residual pathogens are not clear". For patients with insignificant inflammation, acupuncture and moxibustion treatment should have an immediate effect without any side effects. "Since the outbreak of the epidemic three years ago, the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine has been obvious and has been welcomed by more and more residents."

Xu Junming is always enthusiastic in asking patients about their feelings and observing their condition during the treatment process.

China's disease control statistics show that, based on the national monitoring data, the national COVID-19 infection epidemic situation was sporadic from February to early April this year. It began to rise gradually in late April, and the rising trend slowed down in late May. At present, it is a downward trend. The proportion of recovered patients with "two yang" and "three yang" who left symptoms after COVID-19 such as insomnia, cough, chest tightness and shortness of breath, lumbago and backache is on the rise. Seeking TCM treatment and conditioning has become a new way for citizens to deal with the legacy symptoms of COVID-19.

"It's not good to stand for a long time. I accidentally sprained my waist when I moved back from the United States, and I could hardly stand upright after being infected with COVID-19 twice." Ms. Yi's sequela of COVID-19 is low back pain, and she has received 7 local treatments in the United States, with poor results. "I want to find a doctor who knows both acupuncture and moxibustion and massage when I return home this time." Ms. Yi found Xu Junming and received three acupuncture and moxibustion and massage treatments. "I think it is very effective. Doctor Xu pricks the needle very accurately. When I prick the waist, I feel a current flowing through the whole leg." Ms. Yi said that Chinese medicine is also very popular in the United States. The acupuncture and moxibustion works with a license. She wants to learn basic knowledge of Chinese medicine from Xu Junming, which can help health care and recuperate the body of her family.

Ms. Yi is undergoing cupping treatment for her waist and back.

"Recently, with the increase of" two positive "and" three positive "infections, our seven beds in the consulting room are full. The proportion of patients with COVID-19's sequelae is too high, and nearly 20 patients need to be treated in half a day“

Xu Junming introduced that patients with panic and palpitations recovered slowly after infection with COVID-19, and some patients even developed viral myocarditis. Western medicine mainly uses antiviral treatment, while traditional Chinese medicine pays more attention to individual differences. acupuncture and moxibustion can solve these problems well. "The principle of acupuncture and moxibustion is like finding the password and switch of the body. If there is a problem, we can turn on the switch through acupuncture and moxibustion to help the body adjust itself to achieve therapeutic effect."

Traditional Chinese massage is based on the theory of organs and meridians in traditional Chinese medicine, combined with the anatomy and pathological diagnosis of Western medicine. It uses techniques to act on specific parts of the human body surface to regulate the physiological and pathological conditions of the body and achieve therapeutic purposes. Tuina techniques are widely used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Xu Junming practices medicine in multiple traditional Chinese medicine hospitals. "Although it's quite troublesome, there are fixed elderly patients near every traditional Chinese medicine clinic, so we can't let them down."

Xu Junming graduated from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, majoring in clinical medicine. He participated in the compilation of acupuncture and moxibustion Massage Therapy and Surgery of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has been practicing medicine for more than 20 years. He studied under the guidance of Academician Shi Xuemin, a master of Chinese medicine, and Professor Xia Zhiping, a national acupuncture and moxibustion expert and doctoral advisor. He still reads three or four hours of books every day and devotes himself to medical research. "I demand that my team's doctors treat patients like their own relatives. Patients' trust in doctors helps doctors improve their treatment level. If you can boldly treat according to your own ideas, it often leads to good results."