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REVIEW ARTICLE

COVID-19 in Siddha Medicine: A Review

JV Sabarianandh, Lazer Bernaitis, Kumarappan Manimekalai

Citation Information : Sabarianandh J, Bernaitis L, Manimekalai K. COVID-19 in Siddha Medicine: A Review. 2020; 3 (2):83-86.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10082-02256

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 09-10-2020

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2020; The Author(s).


Abstract

“Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2” is responsible for the COVID-19. It was identified in China in December 2019 and it was “declared as a pandemic” disease by “the World Health Organization” in “March 2020”. This review article is an attempt to give an insight into the management of COVID-19 in the Siddha medicine aspect to potential treatment strategies in herbal and herbomineral formulations for the recently recognized “SARS-CoV-2” L strain.


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