precautions that should be taken may help clinicians to rationally improve therapeutic efficacy, and promote the role of Chinese Medicine in the control of the COVID-19 global epidemic.

Introduction
COVID-19 is an emerging and rapidly evolving epidemic. The cumulative number of confirmed cases globally reached 1,040,772 on April 4, 2020, comprising 149,790 (14.39%) cured cases, and 55,698 (5.35%) deaths. The causative organism has been designated as the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)