Talking about the Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccine from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine

A vaccine is to inject a viral genetic material that does not have the ability to replicate and infect the body to induce the body’s natural resistance to produce antibodies. However, the analysis and judgment of vaccines is a headache for Chinese medicine, because Chinese medicine has formed a relatively mature system in febrile disease, where the epidemic is included, and when this system was formed and perfected (the Qing Dynasty Qianlong period), there was no such thing as a vaccine in the world. Therefore, it is difficult for us to find the answer directly from the classics of traditional Chinese medicine.

The analysis method I used is based on the four levels of dialectics of “Wei, Qi, Ying, Xue” by Ye Tianshi , who was the famous master of febrile disease in the Qing Dynasty, as the main guide. I classified the side effects produced by the human body after vaccination into these four levels to judge its severity. According to the symptoms recorded in traditional Chinese medicine classics,  I can check whether the side effects caused by the vaccine is within the scope of the symptoms in the epidemic records, to determine whether the vaccine injection has an unknown or potential risk to the human body.

Ye Tianshi’s most famous statement on the epidemic is: The evil with hot property first attacks the lung, and may pass back to the pericardium, the lung governing the Qi belongs to the Wei, and the heart governing the blood(Xue) belongs to the Ying. In this way, the level and treatment method of the febrile disease have been confirmed. At each level, serious illness may result in death, but generally speaking, the more the hot evil go deep levels, the more difficult it is to treat.

My sources of information include big data statistics worldwide, as well as information posted on social media by people who have been vaccinated. Generally symptoms include fever, strong headache, sweating, sore throat, relapse of old disease, body pain, weakness, chills, lumps, insomnia and emotional problems, myocarditis, rash, allergic reactions. Among them, allergic reactions are adverse reactions to auxiliary components and will not be discussed here.

Let’s start with the more serious side effects. The rash is a typical reaction at the level of Ying and Xue(blood), which is the symptom that febrile disease goes deep into the deep stage. Therefore, the appearance of the rash and spots is a more serious side effect, which is consistent with the clinical manifestations. If this reaction occurs after the vaccination, I think we should actively seek the correct treatment.

Another big ​​concern is myocarditis. From an anatomical point of view, the pericardium in Chinese medicine is probably the same here. This also verified Ye Tianshi’s process of invading the lungs first and passing back to the pericardium. It can be seen that when inactivated viruses or viral genetic material enter the human body, it may be more severely aggressive to some people. However, from the perspective of big data, the probability of serious problems is extremely low. This shows that the current large-scale use of vaccines has done a good job in toxicity control, except for Taiwan’s Gaoduan vaccines, which are obviously problematic.

In addition to the above symptoms, other so-called side effects are concentrated in the Wei and Qi level, and only a small amount enters the qi level, but it has not been seen that it is completely at the Qi level. Mild myocarditis, I think, should also belong to the main reaction of the Wei level. These side effects represent a relatively shallow level of disease, thus I believe they are extremely low-risk.

In addition, I tried my best to check the records of various symptoms of the epidemic in TCM classics during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. I found that the current recorded side effects after the vaccination so far are actually all within the scope of the “epidemic syndrome” described in the long-term clinical observation of traditional Chinese medicine. In other words, the so-called side effects after vaccine injection are the normal reactions of the human body when exposed to the virus.

In response to the problem of breakthrough infection (still infected after two shots of the vaccine), from the information collected so far, the symptoms of breakthrough infection are also within the scope of symptoms of febrile disease. From the statistical data, most of the symptoms also belong to a mild symptom of Wei level.

In general, the physical reaction after the vaccine and the symptoms of breakthrough infection are all within the range of symptoms expressed by TCM febrile disease. From this perspective, I have not seen any unknown and uncontrollable risks to the human body caused by vaccine.