Effectiveness of Chinese herbal medicine and persian medicine against viral infections: A systematic review

Abstract

The underlying aim of this study is to systematic discuss the effectiveness of Chinese and Persian herbal medicine through the analysis of the existing and available studies on the usage of such herbs, plant extracts and herbal formulations that are descended from these two traditional medicinal roots. Using the technique of a systematic literature review, the researcher extracted 64 articles, only 8 of which were reviews and all others were original clinical researches, from medical databases including Pub Med, NIH and other clinical and scientific reports. After putting effort in conducting a screening in accordance to the exclusion criteria, the researcher included 64 articles, all of which were from 2010 and onwards to conduct this analysis. The study can be concluded as suggesting that the herbal medicine is quite effective in helping to treat, prevent and cure viral infections and widespread viral diseases. However, there is need of much more research in this area and the future researchers need to make investigations into the area of combined impacts of herbal and traditional medicine.