Ayurveda Medicinal Herbs and Their Role in Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic’s Positive and Progressive Outcome Manifestation

Abstract

The massive loss of human lives resulting from the SARS-CoV-2 infection shifted the focus to glaring data that pointed to fatality among humans with poor immunity and comorbidity. In these subjects, the SARS-CoV-2’s pathophysiology manifestation was seen to be significantly more alarming than that in subjects who had no comorbidities or major immunity issues. This presented an overdue wake-up call to mankind to actively participate in strengthening immunity, overall wellness maintenance which allows comorbidity management or better, prevention. Food as the major source to serve nutritional needs appears to be a compromised phenomenon. SARS-CoV-2 pandemic presented a harsh reminder that now is the best time to be inclusive of herbs to human lifestyle alongside physical activities and hygiene. This led to an enlarged worldwide interest in traditional medicine. Traditional Indian medicine, Ayurveda, stands as the most ancient yet living tradition, garnered spotlight for being positively and progressively contributing its therapies aiding SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. These further gains weight with more research and a science-based approach. It is inevitable that it still requires more research and evidence-based efforts to fill the prevalent gap. This review was conducted to gain insight into Ayurveda herbal inclusion to SARS-CoV-2 infection management and the outcomes captured. This review aims to encapsulate the efforts documented and explorative data made available. The hope is for this review to make available the option, probability of an inclusive solution that may be considered to co-stand with allopathy in efforts taken to improve human immunity as a prophylaxis measure, at a larger scale. The review led to a hopeful acceptance of Ayurveda medicinal herbs and their role in SARS-CoV-2 management as positive and reassuring. Keywords: Ayurveda, Covid-19, pandemic, alternative medicine