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Hospital diet for COVID-19, an acute respiratory infectious disease: An evidence-based Protocol of a Clinical Trial
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Masoud Moslemi Fard    , Narjess Goeji , Reza Ghadimi , Mohammad Kamalinejad , Hoda Shirafkan , Seyyed Ali Mozaffarpur |
| Traditional Medicine and History of Medical Sciences, Research Health Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, , Babol, Iran , seyyedali1357@gmail.com |
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Abstract: (3613 Views) |
Background: COVID-19 caused a global pandemic problem. No confident management is introduced for it yet. This study aimed to propose a dietary protocol for hospitalized patients with the diagnosis of acute respiratory infectious disease caused by COVID-19 based on Persian Medicine.
Methods: This study was conducted in three phases. In the first phase, any diseases that could be matched with the clinical features of infection with COVID-19 were searched in selected PM references. In the second phase, medicinal herbs and foods that were available and could be used in the hospital diet were extracted and summarized. In the third phase, the new documentation of these pharmaceutical and food items was conducted.
Results: The signs and symptoms of infectious respiratory disease caused by COVID-19 can be categorized in the field of Zato al-rieh that can mainly be matched with pneumonia. Based on the described criteria, some nutrients and medicinal materia medica have been introduced for acute respiratory infection including Cydonia oblonga, Honey, Citrus sinensis, Malus domestica, Citrus medica, Crocus sativus, Raisin, Rosa Damas Cena, D.Carota, Camellia Sinensis, Anethum graveolens dhi, Punica granatum, Petroselinum Crispum, Coriandrum sativum, Urtica dioica, Allium sativum, Sesamum indicum
Conclusion: Most materia medica has documents in current articles including anti-cough suppressants, antiviral properties, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulatory etc. A protocol of hospital diet for patients with infectious respiratory syndrome caused by COVID-19 has been introduced in this manuscript. |
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| Keywords: Persian medicine, Herbal Medicine, COVID-19, diet, Medicine, Traditional, Coronavirus |
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Type of Study: Review Article |
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Traditional Medicine
Received: 2020/09/27 | Accepted: 2020/10/28 | Published: 2020/10/19
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