Clinical effect of the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia by internal administration of traditional Chinese medicine plus fumigation and absorption combined with super dose of vitamin C in treating COVID-19

Objective: To study the characteristics and regularity of the improvement of early clinical symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treated with Chinese medicine plus fumigation and absorption combined with super dose of vitamin C. Methods: We randomly divided 30 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 admitted by the Hubei medical team in our hospital since February 2020 into groups A, B and C, with 10 cases in each group. Group A was the control group. Group B was treated with traditional Chinese medicine and fumigation. Group C was the treatment group of traditional Chinese medicine plus fumigation and absorption combined with super dose of vitamin C. We analyzed the symptoms of fatigue, cough, dry throat, shortness of breath and the improvement of chest CT and nucleic acid detection, and compared the treatment status of each group. Results: The improvement degree and disappearance time of fatigue, cough, dry throat and shortness of breath in group B and group C were better than those in group A, and the effect of group C was better than that of group B (P<0.05 or P<0.01). No significant statistical difference was found in chest CT scanning or nucleic acid detection results (P>0.05). Conclusion: The combination of traditional Chinese medicine and fumigation and absorption combined with super dose of vitamin C has a definite effect on the improvement of fatigue, cough, dry throat and shortness of breath in patients with COVID-19.