OBJECTIVE: To probe into the application of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces in the treatment of COVID-19 in Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center （hereinafter referred to as "our hospital"）

and to the rules of drug use. METHODS: Prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces in the treatment of non-severe COVID-19 patients admitted to our hospital from Feb. 16th to 20th

2020 were selected

the channel tropism and function of all traditional Chinese medicines and high-frequency drugs screened were statistically analyzed.RESULTS: A total of 241 prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces for non-severe COVID-19 patients were collected. Among them

the three most frequently used traditional Chinese medicines were scutellaria baicalensis （156 times

the frequency of use was 64. 7%）

poria （131 times

the frequency of use was 54. 4%） and licorice （117 times

the frequency of use was 48. 5%）. A total of 143 traditional Chinese medicines were involved

of which the main ones were the lung channel （79

55. 2%）

the stomach channel （59

41. 3%） and the spleen channel （44

30. 8%）. The main functions of the drugs were heat clearing （44

30. 8%）

deficiency supplementing （20

14. 0%） and dampness removing by promoting diuresis （18

12. 6%）. Among the 48 traditional Chinese medicines with a frequency of > 10%

the main channels of drugs were the lung channel

the spleen channel and the stomach channel

and the main functions of drugs were heat clearing

spleen and stomach strengthening and dampness removing by promoting diuresis. CONCLUSIONS: Traditional Chinese medicine treatment for non-severe COVID-19 patients in our hospital is based on the treatment of lung

spleen

and stomach channel. At present

the main treatment methods are heat-clearing combined with dampness removing by promoting diuresis

and administration is based on the principle of "one person

one prescription".