Traditional Chinese Medicines as Possible Remedy Against SARS-CoV-2

TLDR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed to use traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) against SARS-CoV in the third edition of COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines (2020) published in January 2019.

Abstract: Keeping in view the pandemic situation and whose recommendations to search antiviral medicines, biologists, pathologists, and microbiologists started working on that Chinese government has recommended therapeutic application of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) against COVID-19 in the third edition of COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines (2020) published in January From the day onward, hundreds of herbs have been practiced all over China This chapter has been planned to compile existing information for future utilization of TCM all over the world with better understanding and minimal chances of side effects For well understanding of TCM as reliable treatment (for COVID-19), it is aimed to pool data of TCM from its history of usage against other viruses and against related viruses of SARS-CoV, collection of the data regarding case studies with positive outcomes, detailed pool of knowledge about most practiced (approved/proposed) decoctions, frequently used components of these decoctions, their active ingredients, possible mechanism to inhibit viruses, similarity of SARS-CoV with SARS-CoV-2, and possibility to treat COVID-19 with antiviral drugs previously used against SARS-CoV Additional relevant meta-analyses have been reviewed that may guide about practical implementation of these TCM in the future round the globe