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Review
. 2021 Mar;35(3):1237-1247.
doi: 10.1002/ptr.6888. Epub 2020 Dec 22.

Traditional herbal medicines to overcome stress, anxiety and improve mental health in outbreaks of human coronaviruses

Mohamad H Shahrajabian  1   2 , Wenli Sun  1 , Ali Soleymani  2 , Qi Cheng  1   3   4
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Traditional herbal medicines to overcome stress, anxiety and improve mental health in outbreaks of human coronaviruses

Mohamad H Shahrajabian et al. Phytother Res. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

Mental health condition is including depression and anxiety, and they may impact wellbeing, personal relationships and productivity of both genders. Herbal medicines have been used to treatment of anxiety and depression symptoms for centuries. SARS, MERS and COVID-19 are related to coronavirus types. SARS (sever acute respiratory syndrome, China, 2002), MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome, Saudi Arabia, 2012), and SARS-CoV-2 (2019-2020) are the main coronavirus outbreaks. Both anxiety and depression are more serious to be considered and improved for all general public during fight with these diseases. In this mini-review article, we have mentioned the key role some of the most important plants and herbs for treatment of stress and anxiety and improve mental health against SARS and SARS-CoV-2 on the basis of traditional Asian medicine, especially traditional Chinese and Persian medicine.

Keywords: COVID-19; MERS; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; human coronaviruses; mental health; stress; traditional herbal medicine.

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