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Intervention of Unani Medicine in the Prevention and Management of COVID-19: An Overview

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Abstract Background & Objective: An acute respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2), the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) originated in Wuhan, China and spread throughout the world. On 30th January 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the COVID-19 pandemic as a public health emergency of international concern. Meanwhile, several independent research groups have identified that SARS-CoV-2 belongs to β-coronavirus, with a highly identical genome to bat coronavirus, pointing to bat as a natural host. This novel coronavirus uses the same receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme-2(ACE 2) as that for SARS-CoV, and mainly spreads through the respiratory tract. The clinical symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, fatigue and a small population that appeared gastrointestinal infection symptoms. The elderly and people with underlying disease are more susceptible to infection and more prone to a serious outcome. The development of vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 is ongoing and various clinical trials are currently underway around the world, however, an effective vaccine may take years to develop and to manufacture on a global scale. At present no pharmacological treatment has been shown to be reliable, safe and effective for treating COVID-19. Hence it is the need of the hour to provide safe and effective treatment to combat this global pandemic and for this purpose Unani system of Medicine can play an important role. These medicines are in use since antiquity, easily available and have lesser known side-effects. In Unani Medicine, there is a large number of single drugs and compound formulations that are clinically as well as experimentally proved to be effective in the prevention and management of epidemics. The present review has been embarked on to explore the Unani perspective into the scientific insight on epidemic diseases with a focus to unearth the prevention and treatment of the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods A manual survey of classical Unani literature was conducted to collect the information on epidemics, its prevention and management. In addition, articles were retrieved using PubMed, Science Direct and Research Gate with the search name Unani Medicine, COVID-19, Waba (Epidemic), Antiviral, Anti-inflammatory, Immunomodulators and Prophylaxis. The search was carried out to identify experimental and clinical studies on drugs mentioned in the literature in context with the pandemic of COVID-19. Conclusion The aforesaid Unani literature and contemporary materials surveyed have yielded substantial key information in the prevention and management of COVID-19. However, their efficacy and safety still need scientific validation through rigorous randomized controlled trials.

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Unani Medicine, Epidemic, COVID-19, Immunomodulators, Antiviral, Prophylaxis.

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"Intervention of Unani Medicine in the Prevention and Management of COVID-19: An Overview", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no.1635-1645, October-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2010213.pdf

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"Intervention of Unani Medicine in the Prevention and Management of COVID-19: An Overview", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no. pp1635-1645, October-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2010213.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIR2010213
Registration ID: 302196
Published In: Volume 7 | Issue 10 | Year October-2020
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Page No: 1635-1645
Country: Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India .
Area: Medical Science
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
Publisher: IJ Publication


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