Repurposing of herbal medicine used for the treatment of respiratory infections to aid the control of COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic disease, and has reached a new dimension with a higher death ratio. Repurposing of known drug molecules against COVID-19 has become an elegant strategy to quickly develop effective therapies. On other hand, herbal medicines have been issued for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Thus, repurposing of the herbal medicine used against respiratory infections for management of COVID-19 is the novel approach to seek for remedies of COVID 19 pandemic as relief of the respiratory symptoms are the best options to mitigate the severity of the novel virus. Accordingly, the potential herbal medicines are recommended for the treatment of COVID 19, which are previously used for treatment of respiratory infections.