Add-on effect of Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Xuqin Du; Lipeng Shi; Wenfu Cao; Biao Zuo; Aimin Zhou

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256429

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Add-on effect of Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Xuqin Du,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Prevention and Cure of Metabolic Diseases, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Lipeng Shi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: shilipeng0206@163.com (LS); caowenfu9316@163.com (WC)

Affiliations College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Prevention and Cure of Metabolic Diseases, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4478-0622

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Wenfu Cao ,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

* E-mail: shilipeng0206@163.com (LS); caowenfu9316@163.com (WC)

Affiliations College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Prevention and Cure of Metabolic Diseases, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China, Department of Chinese Traditional Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Biao Zuo,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Prevention and Cure of Metabolic Diseases, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Aimin Zhou

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular U nit, Traditional Chinese medicine hospital Dianjiang Chongqing, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Add-on effect of Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Xuqin Du,
Lipeng Shi,
Wenfu Cao,
Biao Zuo,
Aimin Zhou

Published: August 20, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256429

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