台北中医医学杂志

99.3 福尔摩沙疫疠初探
福尔摩沙疫疠初探
A Brief History of Infectious Disease in Taiwan before WWII
陈麒方1, 2*
1 台北/ 丰原天心中医院主治医师
2 台湾中医临床医学会监事长
【摘要】
疫病是人类生存一大威胁,特别是冠状病毒跨物种造成大感染影响甚巨,在严重特殊传染性肺炎(武汉肺炎)肆虐的当下,本文藉由档案研究,回顾了终战前现代公卫措施实行以前的台湾疫疠概况,让我们能够更借镜过去、展望未来。考察文献发现,传统医药在一定程度上,与国家防疫行动有关,二战之後才逐步退出舞台。在废医存药背景下,汉方生药相关活动藉由药店存留。审视历史纪录以及推行标准处方,或能有助推升中医素材进入官方临床准则,让更多方法协同辅助人群防疫。
【关键词】防疫、台湾、传统医药、严重特殊传染性肺炎
 
Chi-Fang Chen1,2*
1Attending Physician, Taipei/Taichung Ten-Shin Hospital, Taiwan
2Chief-Supervisor, Taiwan Clinical Chinese Medicine Association, Taiwan
【Summary】
The epidemic is a threat to human survival, especially the cross-species spreading coronavirus caused a large infection. Now when COVID-19 (Wuhan pneumonia) is raging, we can learn something from past experiences. This article reviews the history of public health in Taiwan before World War II by archival research. We found that traditional medicine was related to the national epidemic prevention actions to a certain extent, and gradually withdrew from the stage after WWII. Examining historical records and implementing standard traditional medicine (TM) prescriptions, may help promote TM materials into the official clinical guidelines and allow more methods to assist the population in epidemic prevention.
 
【Keywords】Epidemic Prevention, Taiwan, Traditional Medicine, COVID-19