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Review
. 2020 Aug:40:101214.
doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101214. Epub 2020 Jun 17.

A narrative literature review on traditional medicine options for treatment of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Amir Mirzaie  1 , Mehrdad Halaji  2 , Farhad Safarpoor Dehkordi  3 , Reza Ranjbar  4 , Hassan Noorbazargan  5
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A narrative literature review on traditional medicine options for treatment of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Amir Mirzaie et al. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a life-threatening disease is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that is accounted as global public health concern. Treatment of COVID-19 is primarily supportive and the role of antiviral agents is yet to be established. However, there are no specific anti-COVID-19 drugs and vaccine until now. This review focuses on traditional medicine such as medicinal plant extracts as promising approaches against COVID-19. Chinese, Indian and Iranian traditional medicine, suggests some herbs for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of the diseases including COVID-19. Although, inhibition of viral replication is considered as general mechanism of herbal extracts, however some studies demonstrated that traditional herbal extracts can interact with key viral proteins which are associated with virus virulence. Chinese, Indian and Iranian traditional medicine, suggests some herbs for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of the diseases including COVID-19. However the beneficial effects of these traditional medicines and their clinical trials remained to be known. Herein, we reviewed the latest updates on traditional medicines proposed for treatment of COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Traditional medicines; Treatment.

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