What Makes the Gut-Lung Axis Working? From the Perspective of Microbiota and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Table 1

Lung and gut microbiota and common diseases.

Disease	Sample	Phylum
Asthma	Human	Similarities: Actinobacteria ↓↓; Differences: Firmicutes ↑↓ [47, 124, 126, 127]
Lung cancer	Human	Similarities: Bacteroidetes ↑↑; Difference: Actinobacteria ↑↓ [139–142]
COVID-19	Human	Similarities: Firmicutes ↑↑; Differences: Proteobacteria ↑↓ [152–155]
Tuberculosis	Human	Similarities: Firmicutes ↑↑; Differences: Bacteroidetes ↑↓ [161–164]