温病和传染性非典型肺炎

传染性非典型肺炎(非典型肺炎)属于中医温病范畴，非典型肺炎的防治可以在温病理论指导下进行辨证论治，寻找有效方药。温病学科的发展经历了一个漫长的历史时期，积累了不少防治传染病、流行病的宝贵临床经验，可在非典型肺炎的防治中发挥很好的作用。非典型肺炎从临床表现来看，其反应和温病卫气营血辨证基本一致，但要注意气分证的表现和治疗，这是病情控制的关键；从治疗上看，温病的治法也同样适用于非典型肺炎，在透邪的同时，要注意扶正，同时根据药随证变的原则，要及时加减用药；从预防角度来看，温病的消毒隔离很重要，在病变后期应注意饮食调护和药物调养，以促进肺部炎症的吸收和防止肺纤维化。

Febrile disease and severe acute respiratory syndrome

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) pertains to the doctrine of febrile disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM). The prevention and treatment of SARS can be under the guidance of doctrine of febrile disease, treating acorrding to different symptoms and finding effective formulas and herbs. As a subject with a long history, doctrine of febrile disease in TCM accumulated a lot of precious clinical experience in treating and preventing infectious diseases or epidemic diseases,which plays a positive role in the prevention and treatment of SARS. Basically the clinical manifestations of SARS are the same with symptom differentiation according to defensive phase, qi phase, nutrient phase and blood phase in doctrine of febrile disease, among which the manifestation and treatment in the qi phase are the most important. So the qi phase is a key point of controlling disease. As one of the therapeutic principles of febrile disease, letting out heat and pathogenic factors is suitable for treating SARS. During the period of treatment, strengthening body resistance must accompany with letting out pathogenic factors, and timely modification of herbal ingredients according to symptoms changes is also important. In the aspect of SARS prevention, doctrine of febrile disease attaches importance to disinfection and isolation. In the post pneumonic stage, doctrine of febrile disease is good at helping recovery, accelerating absorption and preventing fibrosis by using proper foods and herbs.