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excellent living space is provided, animals enjoy a great
deal of benefits, and human beings also reap bigger and
longer-term breeding advantages.
In fact, studies on TCM therapy for viral diseases are
popular [9-15]. For the treatment of PRRS, many reports
on TCM are available, especially when its clinical effect
receives recognition from veterinary experts. This expe-
riment again proved that TCM indeed has a unique treat-
ment effect on viral diseases and can be used as a poten-
tial drug for treatment of future viral diseases when pro-
viding a new and convenient treatment approach is dif-
ficult.
The detection of a large number of biochemical indi-
cators and cytokines may result in the improvement of
TCM products, but details on the nonspecific immunity
mechanism of TCM are still unclear. The Chinese medi-
cine theory is complex. To date, many scholars world-
wide are studying Chinese medicine. Therefore, although
the mechanism of the effects of Daitai in the adjustment
of the immune function in animals remains unknown,
perhaps the “overall, TCM theory of dialectical” myster-
ies may someday come to light, and the role of TCM in
the enhancement of Western medicine may be explained.
Science is science, despite limited evidence, and this
principle also holds true for TCM.
Daitai undeniably functioned as a form of TCM with
its system enhancing effect, which has yielded very good
outcomes in the prevention of PRRS, which benefitted
livestock producers.
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