Chinese medicine helps virus effort

February 24, 2022

The Food & Health Bureau today said the first batch of Chinese medicines for COVID-19 donated by the Mainland will be distributed in phases to people under isolation.

 

This batch of proprietary Chinese medicines (pCms) includes “Lianhua Qingwen Jiaonang” and “Jinhua Qinggan Keli”, which will be sent to people under isolation at the Penny’s Bay community isolation facility.

 

Secretary for Food & Health Prof Sophia Chan said: “The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government expresses its heartfelt gratitude to the Central People’s Government for its ceaseless support to Hong Kong’s anti-epidemic work in co-ordinating the delivery of anti-epidemic Chinese medicines to Hong Kong within a short timeframe to assist our fight against the fifth wave of the epidemic, which demonstrate its deepest care for the people of Hong Kong.”

 

Furthermore, “Huoxiang Zhengqi”, another pCm, will arrive Hong Kong in phases.

 

Recommended in the Mainland’s Diagnosis & Treatment Protocols for Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, the three kinds of pCms are widely applied in the country’s anti-epidemic work. Under Chinese medicine practitioners’ clinical guidance, they could be used during the stage of medical surveillance, as well as the treatment for patients with mild and common symptoms, the bureau said.

 

To safeguard health and medication safety, the public should seek professional advice from practitioners before consuming Chinese medicines, it noted.

 

The Hong Kong SAR Government also expressed its appreciation for the Hospital Authority’s multipronged efforts in supporting citizens affected by the epidemic, including implementing the Special Chinese Medicine Out-patient Programme and the Special Chinese Medicine Programme for COVID-19 In-patients to provide rehabilitation service and treatment.

 

“The Hong Kong SAR Government is actively exploring with the Chinese medicine sector and the authority in implementing all feasible measures to combat the epidemic with the use of Chinese medicine,” Prof Chan added.

 

To support people under isolation at Penny’s Bay, the authority’s Chinese Medicine Department has set up an advice hotline, with registered Chinese medicine practitioners available to answer relevant enquiries.

 

Call 2794 3171 for details.

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