Meng Yu, Michelena Toby M, Cai Fangfang, Lou Xinfa, Li Shasha, Zhang Ruifeng
College of Science and Technology, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325060, People's Republic of China.
Health Service Center, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325060, People's Republic of China.
Open Access Emerg Med. 2020 Apr 30;12:111-119. doi: 10.2147/OAEM.S244110. eCollection 2020.
Traditional Chinese medicine has usually been recognized to be efficacious to treat chronic diseases from the western point-of-view. However, there is a long history in China of applying traditional Chinese medicine in many acute and urgent medical conditions. In this review, selected methods documented in traditional Chinese medicine including blowing air to ear, nose insufflating therapy, acupuncture and moxibustion were presented as the common practices to promote consciousness recovery from coma. We aimed to explore the mechanism of these four methods with current scientific evidence, further discuss the potential of traditional Chinese medicine to be applied in emergency medicine and provide a path forward to more rigorously validate these procedures. The development of the integrated traditional Chinese medicine and western medicines provides a new therapeutic direction for the new first-aid treatment.
从西方的角度来看，传统中医通常被认为对治疗慢性病有效。然而，中医在中国应用于许多急性和紧急医疗状况已有很长的历史。在本综述中，介绍了中医记载的包括吹耳、鼻内给药疗法、针灸和艾灸等选定方法，这些是促进昏迷患者意识恢复的常见做法。我们旨在利用当前的科学证据探索这四种方法的机制，进一步讨论中医应用于急诊医学的潜力，并为更严格地验证这些程序提供一条前进的道路。中西医结合的发展为新型急救治疗提供了新的治疗方向。
