Traditional Chinese medicine is regarded as a dietary supplement in many countries around the world. Dietary supplement, NRICM101, has been available for people who diagnosed, suspected or prevented for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in September 2020. It is expected to help people not to progress to severe illness, and reduce lung damage and mortality. The investigators gather the effects of people who taking NRICM101 using the Real-World Big Data Study and the network feedback information collection model. This study can be used as a reference for global prevention and control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is raging around the world.
Because of its strong spread, variability, survivability, and invisibility, the number of
infected people rise rapidly. On March 11, 2020, the WHO officially declared COVID-19 as a
pandemic disease. As of October 3, 2020, the number of confirmed cases has exceeded 34
million, and the cumulative deaths have exceeded 1 million. There are still no drugs to
treatment the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Due to the mutation of virus rapidly,
vaccine development cannot be completed in a short period of time. At the beginning of the
infection outbreak, the governments of China and South Korea, adopted a cooperative of
Chinese and Western medicine to treatment the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In
addition to the reported good clinical effects, Chinese medicine prescriptions have included
in diagnosis and treatment guideline of these two countries.
Traditional Chinese medicine is regarded as a dietary supplement in many countries around the
world. Dietary supplement, NRICM101, has been available for people who diagnosed, suspected
or prevented for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in September 2020. It is expected to
help people not to progress to severe illness, and reduce lung damage and mortality. The
investigators gather the effects of people who taking NRICM101 using the Real-World Big Data
Study and the network feedback information collection model. This study can be used as a
reference for global prevention and control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Dietary Supplement: NRICM101
Direction: Take 1 sachet 2-4 times daily directly or with 400cc water before or between meals
Indication: Externally contracted seasonal epidemic
Function: Relieving Exterior and Facilitating Lung, clear heat of lung, Wide chest and resolve phlegm
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects who confirmed, suspected or prevented infected of COVID 19 disease and take
dietary supplement NRICM101
Exclusion Criteria:
- Those who refuse to participate in observational research.
National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Health and Welfare
Taipei, Taiwan
Investigator: Yi-Chang Su, MD, PhD
Contact: 886-2-2820-1999
sychang@nricm.edu.tw
Yi-Chang Su, MD, PhD
886-2-2820-1999 - 3101
sychang@nricm.edu.tw
Chien-Jung Lin, MD, PhD
886-2-8792-3311 - 12856
linchienjung@yahoo.com
Yi-Chang Su, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator
National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Health and Welfare