This paper aims to provide foundation for TCM for the treatment of novel coronavirus variation, through research and analysis of Covid-19 patients with different types of clinical characteristics and symptom. Through the investigation of clinical TCM symptoms over 156 patients with Covid-19 in Xi’an city, their general data, common symptoms, tongue observations and pulse images are collected and statistically analyzed, and the diagnosis was classified according to relevant literatures and expert opinions, so as to analyze and compare the TCM characteristics and symptom. The distribution variance of common symptoms of patients of different degrees bears statistic significance (p<0.05), while the distribution of tongue observation, pulse images and TCM syndrome types in patients of different degrees are different. the pathogenesis of this novel coronal variant pneumonia is characterized by toxin, dryness, dampness, cold, deficiency and heat. Through comparative analysis of the distribution of clinical characteristics of patients with different degrees, it is found that with the increase of age, the more serious the symptom is, the higher the infection rate of the mutant virus.

Zhenqing Lv, Ling Ruan, Guanghua Wang, Rongping Wu. The analysis of TCM clinical characteristics and symptom for 156 cases of patients with viral variation of Covid-19 in Xi 'an. Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences (2023) Vol. 4, Issue 11: 41-48. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJMHS.2023.041106.

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