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

Mohamad H Shahrajabian, Wenli Sun, Ali Soleymani, Qi Cheng

Journal: Phytotherapy research : PTR 2021;35(3):1237-1247

PMID: 33350538

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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.

Address: Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.; Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.; Global Alliance of HeBAU-CLS&HeQiS for BioAl-Manufacturing, Baoding, China.

DOI: 10.1002/ptr.6888

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MeSH Terms: Anxiety, COVID-19, Coronavirus Infections, Disease Outbreaks, Humans, Mental Health, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Plant Preparations, Plants, Medicinal, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome