Novelty in Biomedicine (May 2022)

Use of Complementary Medicine in SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV: a Narrative Review

  • Maryam Rahmannia,
  • Marzieh Gholampoor,
  • Narges Ketabchi,
  • Leila Miri,
  • Shabboo Ansari,
  • Maryam Fallah,
  • Zainab MohieAldeen,
  • Zaynab Nassereldine,
  • Elnaz Ghafoori,
  • Zaynab Ghashamy,
  • Hossein Goudarzi,
  • Seyyed Mohammad Javad Mousavi,
  • Mohammad Javad Nasiri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22037/nbm.v10i2.36761
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 128 – 139

Abstract

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Severe acute respiration syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is characterized by severe cytokine storm syndrome following inflammation. SARS-CoV-2 is the 7th coronavirus that causes infection in human bodies; SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2 can purpose severe diseases. SARS-CoV-2 at once interacts with angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) receptors inside the body and causes respiratory problems. Interestingly, complementary medicines and herbal drugs affect the expression of IgE and IgG antibodies and improve the immune system; for that reason, complementary medicine could be beneficial for infectious diseases like SARS-COV-2. In this review, we assessed some related articles to evaluate the effect of complementary medicine on SARS-COV2 and MERS-COV.

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