POSSIBLE CHARACTER OF CLASSICAL THERAPEUTIC RHIZOME OF TURMERIC FOR THE PREVENTION AND THE EXECUTIVES OF NOVEL CORONA VIRUS

Anil Kumar V.*, Kamini Sethy, Dr. Himasree P.

GIET School of Pharmacy, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India

ABSTRACT

Human history is watching a very odd time fighting an imperceptible enemy. The novel coronavirus infection was started in late December 2019 from Wuhan city, China. A short time later, the novel corona virus (COVID-19) episode was announced as a Community Health necessity of International involvement by the World Health Organization (WHO). Presently, around more than 70 million people are suffering and more than one lakh are dead worldwide because of the highly infectious and deadly quality of the virus infection. Unfortunately, no standard medicines, drugs, or vaccines are available to treat the infection. The major clinical signs & symptoms of COVID-19 are runny nose, dry cough, high fever, fatigue, shortness of breathing, diarrhea. Clinical symptoms based on India have good, old traditional medicinal practices, for example, Ayurveda could be beneficial to treat and prevent the virus infection. Indian traditional Golden spice, the kitchen of Queen rhizomes of turmeric (curcumin) has been expressed to have antiseptic, anti-inflammatory antibacterial majorly anti-viral potential against Para-influenza virus type3(PIV-3), feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV), herpes simplex virus(HSV), Coxsackie virus, major pandemics of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Curcumin is broadly used as Ayurvedic medicine to treat cold, cough, gastric ulcers, dental issues, asthma, diarrhoea, wounds healing which are also reported as the normal clinical symptoms of COVID-19. Turmeric is answered to ensure to boost immune response during viral infections. Multidimensional antiviral restorative potentials of curcumin demand estimating its likely application to control COVID-19 along with modern therapeutic practices. But a list of empirical database and translational research is required to establish the hypothesis.

Keywords:

Novel COVID-19, Turmeric, Curcumin, Traditional medicine, Ayurveda, antiviral, golden spice, experimental data