Review Article
Year: 2021 | Month: March | Volume: 8 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 356-361
COVID-19 and Possible Management in Unani Medicine: A Review
Md Naquibuddin1, Md Tanwir Alam2, Md Zeyauddin3
1Program Assistant for Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centre, GTCH, Patna
2Assistant Prof. Department of Tahafuzzi-wa-Samaji Tib (PSM), GTCH, Patna
3Principal, Govt. Tibbi College & Hospital, Patna
Corresponding Author: Md Tanwir Alam
ABSTRACT
Background: Coronaviruses belong to the Coronaviridae family in the Nidovirales order. Corona contains crown-like spikes on the virus' outer surface; hence, it has been called a coronavirus. The virus spreads the SARS-CoV and Middle East respiratory coronavirus syndrome (MERS-CoV) faster than its two predecessors, but has lower fatality. The new epidemic's global effect is still unclear. A total of six species have been identified to cause disease in humans. This pandemic is public health emergency of international concern and challenging towards its management and cure. Available information is useful for the possible treatment in USM.
Methods: A bibliographic search was carried out to collect the available information on COVID-19. Contemporary reference books, relevant articles, periodicals, peer reviewed indexed journals, online search and other published works available on Pub Med, Science Direct, and Scopus were searched to retrieve online literature.
Conclusion: There is no special vaccine for this yet. Only supportive therapy is the treatment strategy followed by health professionals. In this regard Unani Medicine plays an important role for the management of COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, USM, coronavirus, management.
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