Traditional Chinese medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: Recent successes and future perspectives

1State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China 2 Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 301617, China 3 Naturalis Biodiversity Center Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands 4 SU BioMedicine, Galileiweg 8, 2333 BD Leiden, Netherlands Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Funding: This study was supported by Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine (22HHZYSS00001). Author contributions: Mei Wang and Xiaopeng Chen conceived the idea for this study, Xiaopeng Chen drafted the manuscript, and Mei Wang and Xiaopeng Chen modified the manuscript. Ethical approval of studies and informed consent: Not applicable. Acknowledgments: None. Data availability: All data used to support the findings of this study have been included in this article. *Corresponding author: Mei Wang Naturalis Biodiversity Center Darwinweg 2 2333 CR Leiden Postbus 9517 2300 RA Leiden E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Contributing author’s e-mail address: Xiaopeng Chen: [email protected] This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.