Numerous scientific reports cited plant extracts with potential antiviral activity and even anti-COVID-19? Why these findings are neglected?
I remember very well the warning released by the WHO to the developing countries at the beginning of this pandemic and its expectation that this pandemic will infect hundreds of millions of Africans because they lack facilities and good health services!!
Right now, the developed countries are within the top 10 most affected countries!!
Is that attributed to the fact that more than 80% of people from developing countries rely on medicinal plants (From WHO reports)????
Well, I do not know if medicinal plants can tackle or completely cure Covid-19, but there are medicinal plants which are capable of suppressing/inhibiting some symptoms of the disease
Well, I do not know if medicinal plants can tackle or completely cure Covid-19, but there are medicinal plants which are capable of suppressing/inhibiting some symptoms of the disease
Thank you Oluwadara,
ِAs an African researcher, why Africa was the opposite of all Frustrating expectations of WHO, and still At the bottom of the global list of confirmed cases???
If not used plant extracts directly in the production of a vaccine .... much of it, strengthening our immune system.
Yes, I think it is true. I read some of the papers about Linhuachengvay capsule of Chinese traditional herbal medicine. Also in Mongolia one of the hospitals where treated patients who have positive Covid 19 infections using PCR. Specially treat using Mongolian traditional herb medicines. The result of the pilot study by Mongolian researchers of Otoch Manranba University shows that 4-8 days before developed antibody to New coronaviruses relatively modern medicine like Arbidol and etc. Thank you for your attention.
The answer to this question can not be given in a few words. You can not say Yes or No to a subject where actually no study has been performed.
Immunomodulation effects are performed by the herbal bio-medicines along with other health effects like antiviral, antibacterial, etc. effects. But nothing is proved.
The reason is that the subject is not studied at all!
Please go through the following, copied from one published article.
.....'But that important way of healthcare fails to attract the attention of the researchers, policymakers, and industries. A huge number of articles are available with reports of the study of the diluent extracted portion of the dry plant parts, identification of compounds from them, or on so-called ‘active principles’ of many medicinal plants.
Availability of such study reports on the succulent parts of plants with reported medicinal activities (fruit, stem, leaf, root, etc.) or their pressure extracts (juices) is scarce.
Men eat fruits in their succulent condition. But study reports even on the succulent fruits are not easily available. Even for the study of the beneficial activities of the green vegetables and legumes on our health, the same procedures of study of their isolated compounds are generally performed …...
This area warrants immediate reconsideration and rethinking for detailed study’.
[Source: Pattanayak S (2020) Succulent biomedicines – an effective way of getting protection against diseases through immunomodulation. Explor Anim Med Res 10(2): 112-123].
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