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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3019</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.SP48</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A Review on Exploring the Siddha and Ayurvedic Medicines for COVID-19 Infection&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>G</surname><given-names>Preethi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Premavathy</surname><given-names>Dinesh</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>3</day><month>11</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>D-</volume><issue>em</issue><fpage>10</fpage><lpage>13</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: The aim of this study is to review the curative effects of Ayurvedic and Siddha medicines and explore whether Ayurvedic medicines can cure global pandemic COVID-19. Introduction: Ayurvedic medicines bring a huge impact both on our physical and mental health. It is highly effective and more effective in chronic diseases. Natural medicines like Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani are the traditional medicine system which is known as the science of longevity and plays an important role in encountering global health care needs. Ayurvedic medicines are a practice towards psychological, philosophical, ethical, and spiritual health. Covid19 has occurred in many different kinds like mild respiratory illness (nose, throat, and lungs), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Different studies have been done on curative effects of Ayurvedic and other traditional medicines on these various diseases. Methods: The present study has collected various articles related to the current topic from various internet sources such as PubMed, Google Scholar, PMC, etc. Conclusion: Traditional medicines are known for their safety, potential efficacy, and ease of availability as India is the country where the world__ampersandsignrsquo;s oldest traditional living health care system originated. The present study thus concluded that Siddha and Ayurvedic medicines have mitigated COVID-19 infections.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> COVID-19</kwd><kwd> Siddha</kwd><kwd> Ayurveda</kwd><kwd> SARS</kwd><kwd> Traditional medicine</kwd><kwd> Chronic disorders</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
