Bird Flu Center

The curing of the latest bird flu patient in China, a person surnamed Jiang, aged, 31, is claimed to bee owed in some degree to traditional Chinese medicine. The patient made a complete recovery, leaving the hospital on August 2nd, after receiving treatment for a period of about 50 days, in Guangdong province. A Chinese medical expert says during the early days of the man’s treatment, doctors used a special soup prepared by ginseng, a known medicinal herb, as well as another Chinese medicine, which were used to aid the ailing body in fighting the disease. Other Chinese medicines were used to help sustain the function of the lungs. The man had contracted the disease after visiting a local poultry market and coming into close contact with infected birds. He developed fever and pneumonia and was in serious condition when he was taken to hospital, with many of his internal organs showing signs of failure. By June 22nd however, tests revealed the influenza virus was no longer in his system. A few weeks later, he was able to breathe without the aid of a respirator machine.