![]() ![]() According to a study published in PLoS Medicine in September 2021, 36.55% of people infected with COVID-19 recover with sequelae 3-6 months (Maxime, 2021). A survey study published in Eclinical Medicine, The Lancet showed that in 3,762 people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, 85% reported Brain Fog (Hannah and Davisa, 2021). Neurological symptoms occurred in 80% of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 investigated in one study (Chou, 2021). Serena Spudich, a professor of neurology at Yale University, reported that a person seems to experience more cognitive slowing and emotional problems after contracting the coronavirus than most of other viral infections. Brain Fog symptoms can appear during the recovery period after many viral infections. The symptoms differ depending on patients' different body constitutions, such as confusion, memory loss, difficulty recalling words, slow thinking, difficulty concentrating, and being easily distracted. "Brain Fog" is not a medical terminology but a cool term used to describe slow or fuzzy thinking and slowed-down cognitive response. ![]() Together with the proposed TCM treatments, we expect this paper to bring an alternative understanding of Brain Fog and an economic healing approach to help Covid-19 survivors improve their well-being. Our proposed TCM treatment applies the principle of combining heart and brain in terms of nourishing the heart, tranquilizing the mind, clearing orifices, and refreshing the brain. Following the previous studies, we aim to provide an alternative and supplement view in diagnosing and treating Brain Fog from the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) perspective, with a list of TCM treatment approaches (including Chinese Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture, Dietary conditions, and others), based on the TCM theory that implies Brain Fog origins from the heart, appears in the brain. Brain Fog has, therefore, developed as one of the biggest crises in the modern medical system and a constant threat to the well-being of contemporary society. Studies on this new syndrome are few, but the number of patients has kept rising, along with the increasing infection of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Brain Fog, as a new syndrome, with the symptoms of slowed-down cognitive response, memory loss, inability to concentrate, or/and the symptoms of dizziness and sleep disturbance, are commonly observed and considered as the consequence of long Covid.
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