Traditional Chinese medicine can play a bigger role in treating patients with severe diseases including Covid-19, experts have said, adding Hong Kong should strive to become a regional hub for the discipline by clearing legal hurdles for practitioners to further contribute.
Such medicine has been used mostly in rehabilitation treatment for recovered Covid-19 patients over the past two years, but the fifth wave of coronavirus infections has brought it into the public eye. As caseloads raged in March, city officials had pledged heavier use of traditional Chinese medicine, with visiting mainland experts touting its benefits, and packages distributed free to households.
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