A senior Beijing official said Saturday that a therapy combining
both traditional Chinese and western medicine proved quite
effective in treating severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Cai Fuchao, Beijing municipal publicity head, told a press
conference on SARS that the medical practice proved that the
combined therapy reduced the average fever period for SARS patients
by two days, adding that no patient who received the therapy turned
to critical condition.
Cai said that the therapy also worked effectively to decrease the
toxic symptom of SARS patients.
The combined therapy helped the human body absorb the inflammation
in lungs, Cai said. Statistics from SARS hospitals showed that
after 20 days of receiving the combined therapy, 25 out of 30 SARS
patients recovered from severe lungs inflammation. According to
Cai, half of the SARS patients in Beijing are receiving the
combined therapy, and medical workers are continuing their efforts
in that direction.
(Xinhua News Agency May 31, 2003)