Expert sees TCM in bigger health role

TIANJIN — Traditional Chinese medicine should be integrated into the national public health system, Zhang Boli, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, told Xinhua News Agency.

TCM treatment has proved effective and played a significant role in helping control symptoms of patients, lowering the proportion of patients whose conditions turn from mild to severe, increasing the cure rate of severe cases and lowering the mortality rate, says Zhang.

Zhang fought at the front line against COVID-19 in Wuhan and organized 12 medical teams to summarize treatment experience. He also shared such experience with medics in other countries via video link.