Herbal Therapy for COVID-19

The Covid-19 epidemic is presently ravaging the world, claiming the lives of countless people. This health crisis is well recognised to be caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the problem has yet to be remedied. Many modern doctors and researchers feel that a person's disease resistance ability is critical in battling viral infections. If used appropriately, herbal therapy can be a game changer in this case, since herbal drugs significantly boost or modify immune function, enhancing resistance to microbial infections. These drugs alter the cellular immune response, enhance immunity, impart antioxidant effect, raise IgG antibody production, activate macrophages, have anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, and so relieve symptoms and reduce viral infection pathology development. Herbal medicine can also aid in the prevention of viral infections by blocking virus entrance and replication in the host cell. Due to their vast therapeutic capabilities, Curcumin, Shunthi, Bhumiamalki, Guduchi, Yashtimadhu, Pippali, and Haritaki, among other drugs, can be examined for their efficiency and safety against viral infection. The potential uses of herbal medicine as a supplementary and alternative treatment for SARS-CoV-2 illness were reviewed in this chapter. However, further research into the effects of herbal treatment in COVID-19 is needed.