Academician ZHANG Boli′s treatment ideas for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019（COVID-19） is summarized

and the prevention

control and treatment experience are refined. It is believed that the COVID-19 belongs to the category of "damp toxin epidemic" in traditional Chinese medicine（TCM）. The main syndrome elements are dampness

toxin

heat

blockade

and deficiency

which mainly invade the lung and spleen; the main pathogenic mechanism is the damp and toxin obstructing lung

and the clinical diagnosis and treatment of diseases caused by dampness pathogen is more complicated. In the whole clinical process

attention must be paid to eliminating dampness and resolving turbidity

eliminating filth and removing toxicity

and to the effects of blood stasis. In terms of treatment

individualized syndrome differentiation and treatment are combined with group treatment. In the case of an acute disease outbreak

the treatment strategy based on group treatment should be adopted on the basis of syndrome differentiation and special prescriptions. Treatment should be taken as early as possible. We should pay attention to early intervention

clarify the evolution trend of COVID-19

use drugs in advance to reverse the disease; in the recovery stage when the novel coronavirus nucleic acid test turns negative

Chinese medicines of tonifying qi and replenishing yin can be used to strengthen the vital qi

and we should take into account the elimination of pathogens

and use integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine rehabilitation methods to comprehensively adjust body and spirit and to promote comprehensive recovery.