全国血吸虫病的患者约有一千万人,因为疾病传布得很广,所以尚有九千万人受到威胁,严重地影响劳动生产。由于党和毛主席的号召,最近一年来,中医中药界在同血吸虫病的斗争中,也发挥了极为重要的作用。许多地区聘请中医,试用中药治疗血吸虫病,都取得了良好的效果。如浙江去年试用中药腹水草治疗三十九个晚期病人中,二十一例腹水消除,获得显著的效果;安 About 10 million people suffer from schistosomiasis in the country. Because the disease is spread widely, there are still 90 million people who are threatened and seriously affect labor production. Thanks to the party and Chairman Mao’s call, in the past year, the Chinese medicine circle has also played an extremely important role in the fight against schistosomiasis. Many regions have hired Chinese medicine and tried Chinese medicine to treat schistosomiasis. All have achieved good results. For example, in Zhejiang last year, Chinese herbal medicine Ascites was used to treat 39 advanced patients. Twenty cases of ascites were eliminated and a significant effect was achieved;