Changing Susceptible Body Constitution for COVID-19 Prevention by Chinese Medicine in Hong Kong Residents

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-11-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Chinese medicine has been used for thousands of years in the treatment of epidemic diseases. Through the long-term struggle with the epidemic, Investigators have accumulated and explored a lot of prevention and control experience. According to recent reports, Chinese medicine plays an important role in the treatment of COVID-19. For example. Therefore, it is of great clinical significance to further develop the prevention of COVID-19 by Chinese medicine. According to the 《Diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19》published by National Health Committee and the experience of professional TCM physician, although the disease is generally susceptible, individuals with the body constitution of "deficiency of Qi and Yang" and "deficiency of Qi and Yin" are more prefer to suffer from COVID-19. Therefore, "Invigorating Qi and Yang, invigorating qi and Yin" can be regarded as the primary strategy of preventing COVID-19. Therefore, "Invigorating Qi and Yang, invigorating qi and Yin" can be regarded as the primary strategy of preventing COVID-19 in Chinese medicine. After a series of questionnaire surveys and blood sample collection, investigators can estimate subjects with body constitution is more likely to infect COVID-19.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 18 or above, regardless of gender;

2. For COVID-19 susceptible individuals, according to the criteria of "Self-test for classification and judgment of body constitution by TCM theory", subjects with deficiency of Qi with either Yin or Yang will meet the inclusion criteria;

3. No previous allergy to traditional Chinese medicine;

4. Be able to understand Chinese questionnaire;

5. Willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Syndrome types are not related to "deficiency of Qi and Yang" and "deficiency of Qi and Yin";

2. Suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients;

3. Fever, body temperature > 37°C with cough and other respiratory symptoms;

4. Those who have visited the epidemic area and have not completed isolation for 14 days after returning to Hong Kong