Coronavirus ve Fitoterapi

Year 2020, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 49 - 57, 09.05.2020

Demet Uçar , Kanat Tayfun , Ahmet Yaser Müslümanoğlu , Mehmet Zafer Kalaycı

Abstract

Dünya Sağlık Örgütü tarafından, 2020 yılının şubat ayında, SARS-CoV-2 olarak adlandırılan ve COVID-19 hastalığına neden olan virüs pandemi nedeni olarak ilan edilmiştir. Ani gelişen solunum sıkıntısıyla ortaya çıkan alt solunum sistemi tutulumu özellikle immun yetersizliği olan bireylerde mortal seyretmektedir.
Halihazırda SARS-CoV-2’yi hedefleyen etkili spesifik bir ilaç tanımlanmış değildir. Esas olan; hastalık öncesinde immuniteyi artırmak, hastalık etkeniyle karşılaşıldığında ise kimyasal ilaçların beklenen/olası yan etkilerini belirli oranda azaltılarak hastanın tedaviye uyumunun artırılmasıdır.
COVID-19 enfeksiyonunun tedavisinde fitoterapötik düzeyde Curcuma Longa, Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Zn, Fe, Propolis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Allium cepa, Malus domestica, Solanum lycopersicum, Fragaria, Matricaria recutita, Petroselinum crispum, Apium graveolens, Allium sativum, Quercetin, Astragalus membranaceus, Miselyum Mantarı Ekstresi, Mentha piperita, Andrographis paniculata, Rheum Palmatum, Aloe vera, Salvia officinalis, Melissa officinalis ,Rosa canina, Nigella Sativa ve Rhus typhina kullanılabilir.
Ayrıca Geleneksel Çin Tıbbı’na ait Saposhnikoviae divaricata, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, Fructus forsythia, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Radix platycodonis, Agastache rugosa, Cyrtomium fortune J. Sm, ShuFengJieDu ve Lianhuaqingwen kapsülleri önerilebilir.
GÇT'da kullanılan tıbbi bitkilerin viruslerin hücreye tutunmasını, hücre içine girmesini, sinsisyal formasyon oluşumunu inhibe ettiği, hava yolu inflamasyonunu azalttığı, interferon sekresyonu ve immun sistem stimulasyonu yaptığı bildirilmiştir.
Coronavirus tedavisinde konvansiyonel tedavinin yanında fitoterapinin integratif bir tedavi yöntemi olarak kullanılmasının faydalı olacağı öngörülmektedir.

Keywords

coronavirus, phytomedicine

Coronovirus and Pyhtotherapy

Abstract

In February 2020, the virus called SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 disease was announced by the World Health Organization as the cause of the pandemia. Lower respiratory tract involvement with sudden developing respiratory distress is especially mortal in individuals with immune deficiency. An effective specific drug currently targeting SARS-CoV-2 has not been identified yet. Main purpose is; to increase the immunity before the disease and to increase the patient's compliance to the treatment by reducing the expected / possible side effects of chemical drugs during the disease. At the phytotherapeutic level in the treatment of COVID-19 infection, Curcuma Longa, Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Zinc (Zn), Iron (Fe), Propolis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Allium cepa, Malus domestica, Solanum lycopersicum, Fragaria, Matricaria recutita, Petroselinum crispum, Apium, Allium sativum, Quercetin, Astragalus membranaceus, Mycelium Mushroom Extract, Mentha piperita, Andrographis paniculata, Rheum Palmatum, Aloe vera, Salvia officinalis, Melissa officinalis, Rosa canina, Nigella Sativa, and Rhus typhina can be used. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Saposhnikoviae divaricata, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, Fructus forsythia, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Radix platycodonis, Agastache rugosa, Cyrtomium fortune J. Sm, Shu Feng Ji eDu and Lian hua qing wen capsules can be recommended. It has been published that medicinal plants used in TCM; inhibit the attachment of viruses to the cell, the entry into the cell, the formation of syncytial formation, reduce airway inflammation, increase interferons secretion and immune system stimulation. It is predicted that it would be beneficial to use phytotherapy as an integrative treatment method besides conventional treatment in COVID-19.

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