Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review

Abstract

Till now Coronavirus (COVID-19) has taken ~ 0.43 million lives and infected ~ 7.6 million people and the process is continuing. Face masks and regular hand-washing are the two main ways to help prevent the transmission of Coronavirus. But wearing face masks and regular hand-washing have not sufficient to stop the transmission of Coronavirus. This leads a modification needed for the procedure of prevention from Coronavirus infection. Thus the knowledge about spreading and infecting mechanism by the Coronavirus is desired (Garai, 2020). Instead of using soap and alcohol base sanitizer NaHCO3 solution can used for hand-washing to prevent from Coronavirus infection. As NaHCO3 is very cheap and less hazardous than soap and alcohol base sanitizer so this change will be economically profitable and environmentally safer (less hazard). NaHCO3 solution can also be used as nasal drop and gargle solution for the protection of nose mucus and mouth saliva from Coronavirus infection. Thus NaHCO3 solution give extra protection from Coronavirus infection when it used with mask (Garai, 2020). Beside that considering the biological immovability of NaHCO3 (mainly in human blood plasma), it is strongly recommended to use NaHCO3 for the treatment of Coronavirus patients too.