The Powerful Healing Effect of Traditional Medicine for The Treatment of Certain Chronic Diseases: One of The Means To Better Defeat Covid-19

Hafida Rahal-Bouziane

doi:10.51152/jbarbiomed.v6i2.57

Abstract

Health is one of the greatest blessings a person can have, and it is priceless. Traditional medicine has always been and remains an important practice for human health. In all regions of the world, popular knowledge has acquired its own experiences in traditional medicine which are passed on from generation to generation and which have generated wonders in terms of innovation of effective traditional remedies which bear the fruit of the healing. After the release of the novel Covid-19 virus, several research studies have focused on the study of medicinal plants that fall under traditional Chinese or Indian medicine or others around the world, to try to put in place remedies against this virus. Chronic Diseases kill millions of people around the world every year. These diseases cause a weakening of the immune system in people who have them. As a result, health experts have classified those affected by these diseases as being among the most at risk in the event of contracting Covid-19. It is therefore obvious that preventing and combating chronic diseases helps to better cope with this Virus or others that may arise in the future. In this humble work, we have tried to make a small contribution that could help fight Covid-19. In the light of actual practices supported by bibliographic research, we try to recall some orientations of natural treatments against certain widespread chronic diseases namely: type 2 diabetes; arthritis and weak immune system (particular case of a low white blood cell count). The results of these treatments are very promising for healing and recovery; which opens doors of hope for those who are affected. Moreover, this subject deserves serious investigations through Research for a better consolidation of these therapies.

Highlights

Nature has provided innumerable number of culturally important medicinal plants that have been indispensable for the treatment of various diseases and maintaining health; the term of medicinal plants includes a various types of plants used in herbalism with medicinal activities (Ashraf et al, 2014)
According to Bnuham et al (2006), many authors confirmed the hypoglycaemic effect of sage or Salvia lavandifolia Vahl. and suggested that this hypoglycaemic effect may arise by several mechanisms: a). potentiation of insulin release induced by glucose; b) increased peripheral uptake of glucose; c) decreased intestinal absorption of glucose; d) hyperplasia of the pancreatic islet beta cells 116
The arrival of the dangerous Covid-19 virus has worried the whole world given its novelty and lack of knowledge about it and the great threat it poses to human lives

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Introduction

Nature has provided innumerable number of culturally important medicinal plants that have been indispensable for the treatment of various diseases and maintaining health; the term of medicinal plants includes a various types of plants used in herbalism with medicinal activities (Ashraf et al, 2014). Jamshidi-Kia et al (2018) reported from some authors that evidence indicates that plants have been cultivated as drugs approximately 60 000 years ago and that Scripts about medicinal plants date back to almost 5000 years ago in India, China and Egypt, and at least 2500 years in Greece and Central Asia. It is currently estimated that approximately 420,000 plant species exist in nature, reported Ashraf et al (2014) from McChesney et al (2007) and Vuoleraa et al (2004). The total number of Indian medicinal plants was estimated to be around 3000, yet, traditional practitioners use around 8000

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