Role of Medicinal Plants and Phytomedicine against COVID-19 Management

Abstract

COVID-19 has taken the global population by surprise. All around the globe, there have been combined efforts from scientists to find a cure for this disease. Numerous alternative modes of medicine have also been explored for the same. In this chapter, the authors have reviewed the role of medicinal plants and phytomedicine in combating this disease. There is an urgent need to standardise the protocols for conducting clinical experiments on herbal medication for COVID-19 to ensure consistency and batch-to-batch efficacy. Also, literature regarding these studies needs to be categorised and catalogued properly. The scientific community needs to draw from the rich diversity of herbal and medicinal plants to meet this extraordinary challenge.