COVID-19
Conditions
Interventions
Lung Kidney Experimental Group:Active acupuncture
Lung Kidney Control Group:Control acupuncture
Lung Heart Experimental Group:Active acupuncture
Lung Spleen Experimental Group:Active acupuncture
Lung Spleen Control Group:Control acupuncture
Lung Heart Control Group:Control acupuncture
Sponsors
Department of Health
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants who fulfill the following criteria were included: (1) 18 years of age or older; (2) have one or more residue symptoms or Long Covid symptoms (e.g. brain fog fatigue dyspnea cough abdominal pain etc.) at least 28 days after laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection (COVID-19 antigen or PCR test) that were not present before having COVID-19; and (3) patients diagnosed with qi deficiency either of the lung and heart lung and spleen or lung and kidney by a Chinese Medicine Practitioner.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants who have one or more of the following conditions were excluded: (1) post-COVID patients manifesting with other patterns such as yin deficiency or heat; (2) having chronic underlying diseases such as severe pulmonary cardiac bleeding disorders psychiatric or infectious diseases before having or post-COVID-19 infection; and (3) pregnant or lactating women.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Symptom burden scores; | — |
Countries
Philippines
Contacts
Public ContactShengrong Liu
SMIC Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed