Vol. 8, Issue - 3, Part C (2024)

Health insights on Covid-19: A review from the Unani perspective

The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID 19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is highly contagious that originated from Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The virus has now spread to several countries across the globe and has become a major threat to health and lives of people. It primarily affects the respiratory system and particularly the lungs. The pathogenesis of COVID 19 starts with the bonding of the virus to Angiotensin- Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors expressed in many tissues in the body, and the triggered excessive immune response plays a critical role in the course of the disease. Fever, dry cough, dyspnea, fatigue and sore throat are the foremost clinical manifestations of COVID 19. This review aims to focus on the concept of COVID 19 in the perspective of Unani and Allopathic medical systems and to collect information on management COVID 19 in the perspective of Unani and Allopathic medical systems. In this review report we collect details from Unani classical books and databases like PubMed, Research gate, Google Scholar, Science Direct and the Journal articles, reports and government documents of Epidemiology Unit/ Ministry of Health-Sri Lanka, CCRUM-India, Ministry of Ayush, World Health Organization (WHO) and some Unani keywords were used to find the concept of COVID 19.A total of 30 Papers published during 2019-2020 were collected and were subjected to screening. The title, abstract and key words of each paper were checked for relevance, and 25 papers were found suitable for my study.