Traditional Chinese medicine remedies can help those with COVID-19 recover faster and relieve symptoms such as fevers, a senior Shanghai expert said on Wednesday.Wu Yingen, a tenured professor at Longhua Hospital, said the curative effect of TCM has been proven during treatments for local COVID-19 patients.The Lianhua Qingwen capsule, for instance, can effectively inhibit the replication of the dominant Omicron variant and repair cell damage it causes, Wu said at Shanghai's daily COVID-19 press briefing.