Care against COVID-19 through the use of ancestral medicine
Keywords:
care, ancestral medicine, traditional medicine, COVID-19Abstract
Introduction: A new coronavirus outbreak emerged last December 2019 in Wuhan, China, called COVID-19, becoming a pandemic and a public health emergency worldwide. Governments are working to establish countermeasures and stop devastating consequences. At the same time, scientists are working tirelessly to control the outbreak. Likewise, specialized therapists have been using ancestral or traditional medicine to combat the disease, which has played an important role in response to COVID-19.
Objective: To analyze recent advances in care through the use of ancestral medicine against COVID-19.
Methods: The PRISMA methodology and systematic review were applied. The search platforms used were ISI Web of Science, Science Direct, PubMed and Google Scholar. A systematic search was conducted up to January 31, 2021.
Conclusions: The use of traditional medicine as therapeutic measures against SARS-CoV2, can provide an alternative in care and treatments, and it is suggested to work together with conventional medicine in a complementary and integrative way, in this way, act correctly against COVID-19. Therefore, interventions through ancestral medicine have been potentially promising. However, the evidence of its effectiveness is still insufficient. More trials and reviews are needed in the future.
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