A scoping review on herbs and spices with special reference to COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT

The world is facing medical crisis due to the pandemic created by COVID-19. Due to COVID-19. not only our country but the whole world is passing through economic crisis also. As there is no specific treatment for the infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 and it affects the people with weak immunity more adversely so, many people including scientists are looking forward to increase the immunity by using medicinal plants, i.e., herbs and spices. Vitamin C is also being widely used by the doctors across the world to increase the immunity, but as herbs and spices are easily available and have been widely used as antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agent since ancient time so, they can be used both as effective immunity booster as well as antiviral agent as shown by some compounds found in the herbs and spices.