Anti Coronavirus Herbs and Drugs

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.


Coronavirus (CoV) is responsible for 10-30% of common colds.  The most popular CoV are the SARS virus in 2003 with 10% mortality and the Middle East  respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) with a death rate of 34.5%

CoV is back on the headlines again. This time as the Wuhan coronavirus or 2019-nCoV by the Centers for Disease Control. Coronavirus is named because it looks like it has a crown. As of today, there have been 17 fatalities.

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Coronavirus showing its “crown…”

Presently, there are no vaccines or anti-viral developed for coronavirus. This has led scientists to start checking out several herbs that may be developed in the future into medicines.

Keep in mind that these substances have only been tested in the laboratories, and no animal or human tests have been done. There are no formal recommendations to use them as of yet. It is still useful information to know.

Herbs That Can Stop Coronavirus Reproduction

CoV multiplies fast in the lungs and the stomach and intestines. The more virus, the sicker you get. The herbs are in their scientific names and common names.

  1. Cibotium barometz – golden chicken fern or woolly fern grows in China and Southeast Asia.

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    Cibotium Barometz
  2. Gentiana scabra – known as Korean gentian or Japanese gentian seen in the United States and Japan.

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    Japanese Gentian
  3. Dioscorea batatas or Chinese Yam grows in China and East Asia

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    Chinese Yam
  4. Cassia tora or Foetid cassia, The Sickle Senna, Wild Senna – grows in India and Central America

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    Cassia Tora
  5. Taxillus Chinensis – Mulberry Mistletoe 

Lectin Plants that Have Anti Coronavirus Properties

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Plant Lectins with Antiviral activity Against Coronavirus

From the table above, all have anti coronavirus activity except for garlic. One plant that is effective but not listed is Stinging nettle.

Presently Used Medicines that Have AntiCoronavirus Properties

The following medicines are not officially recommended against coronavirus. Their anti-coronavirus properties are proven so far only in laboratories

  1. Indomethacin – is a commonly used drug against gout. It was tested against the SARS virus.
  2. Chloroquine is an anti-malarial drug
  3. Niclosamide is used as a deworming medicine.

The herbs listed above in this color are linked to an Amazon product. The products were linked for informational purposes only and not as a recommendation.

Care should always be made when taking nutritional supplements. They are not reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration and can have drug interactions and side effects.

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Useful Readings:

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  4. UK Epidemic Specialist: 250,000 Chinese with Coronavirus in 10 days
  5. Coronavirus Infection Precautions
  6. To Know What’s in Wuhan is to Know Why Coronavirus is a Concern
  7. Anti Coronavirus Herbs and Drugs

References:

  1. “Death toll from virus outbreak in China’s Hubei reaches 17: State TV”. Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 22 January 2020
  2. Wen, Chih-Chun et al. “Traditional Chinese medicine herbal extracts of Cibotium barometz, Gentiana scabra, Dioscorea batatas, Cassia tora, and Taxillus Chinensis inhibit SARS-CoV replication.” Journal of traditional and complementary medicine vol. 1,1 (2011): 41-50. doi:10.1016/s2225-4110(16)30055-4
  3. Erik De Clercq (2006) Potential antivirals and antiviral strategies against SARS coronavirus infections, Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 4:2, 291-302, DOI: 10.1586/14787210.4.2.291
  4. Amici et al.., Indomethacin has potent antiviral activity against SARS coronavirus. Antivir Ther. 2006;11(8):1021-30.
  5. Keyaerts E. In vitro inhibition of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus by chloroquine. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004 Oct 8;323(1):264-8.
  6. Wu CJ et al., Inhibition of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus replication by niclosamide. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Jul;48(7):2693-6.

Image Credits:

  • Coronavirus By Photo Credit: Content Providers(s): CDC/Dr. Fred Murphy – This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #4814. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=822112
  • Cibotium Barometz By Daderot – Self-photographed, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15578892
  • Chinese Yam Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=569449
  • Japanese Gentian By ~~ – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5377303
  • Cassia Tora By Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) – Flora de Filipinas […] Gran edicion […] [Atlas I].[1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5737137
  • Table of Plant lectins from  Erik De Clercq (2006) Potential antivirals and antiviral strategies against SARS coronavirus infections, Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 4:2, 291-302, DOI: 10.1586/14787210.4.2.291

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